%0 Journal Article
%T Primary impaction of a primary in incisor tooth: a case report
%A Maria Naira Pereira FRIGGI
%A Rosa Maria EID
%A Alvaro DUARTE NETO
%A Estela Maris LOSSO
%J RSBO
%D 2007
%I University of Joinville
%X The primary impaction is the situation in which a tooth is retained inthe mouth and remains unerupted for a period upper six months whencompared to teeth of the other side. It is a very rare condition in primary teeth especially in maxillary anterior teeth. The purpose of this article is to present a case of a 2-year and 11-month old female child with an impacted primary upper central incisor. The main complaint was the absence of the anterior tooth in the mouth. There was a previous history of trauma when the child was four months old. Clinical and radiographic examinations are described. The treatment consisted of a period of clinical and radiographic control, with the extraction of the impacted primary upper central incisor and a follow-up until the eruption of the permanent successor. This case emphasizes the possible relationship between previous trauma and primary impaction.
%K primary retention
%K dental trauma
%K deciduous teeth.
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