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Treatment Approaches for Developmentally Absent Second Premolars

From Volume 33, Issue 4, May 2006 | Pages 228-240

Authors

Daljit S Gill

BDS, BSc, MSc, FDS RCS, MOrth, FDS(Orth) RSC(Eng)

Consultant Orthodontist/Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, Honorary Consultant Orthodontist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

Articles by Daljit S Gill

Chaw Su Kyi

BDS, MFDS RCS, MSc, MOrth

Specialist in Orthodontics, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, UK

Articles by Chaw Su Kyi

Christopher J Tredwin

BDS(Hons), BSc(Hons), MSc, MFDS RCS(Eng), ITLM

Clinical Lecturer/Honorary Specialist Registrar in Restorative Dentistry, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, UK

Articles by Christopher J Tredwin

Farhad B Naini

Consultant Orthodontist, St George's and Kingston Hospitals, London, UK

Articles by Farhad B Naini

Abstract

This paper sets out to discuss the treatment options available for the management of patients with agenesis of second premolars. These include: retention of the deciduous molar, extraction followed by space closure, extraction and utilization of the space for the correction of malocclusion and extraction followed by restoration of the edentulous space.

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