Incisivo central superior impactado devido a trauma na infância: relato de caso

Abstract

Impacted tooth is one that is unable to erupt within the expected time until its normal position in the dental arch. The impaction occurs because the irruption is difficulted by adjacent teeth, trauma or due bone dense. As impacted teeth donot erupt, they are retained throughout the whole patient's life, unless surgically removed. In this case report, it was selected a female patient, 1 5 years old, which during the evaluation it was observed through clinical examination, the absence of the upper right central incisor, and in the radiographic examination was diagnosed retained tooth. The aim was discribethe clinical case, the procedures and surgical maneuvers adopted in the extraction of aupper central incisor retained, as well as pre, trans and post-operative patient’s.