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case_images: Case 1: Pretreatment extraoral and intraoral photographs
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case_images: Intraorally, the patient had a class 1 molar relationship bilaterally with crowding in maxillary and mandibular arch (Fig. 1).
case_images: Case 1: Pretreatment OPG and CBCT images
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case_images: The impacted tooth was tipped mesially with the crown height at the middle third of the adjacent incisor (Fig. 2).
case_images: Closed surgical technique for exposure of incisor followed by traction with e-chain on 0.018ss wire
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case_images: Once sufficiently erupted, the crown was bonded with an incisor bracket to align the maxillary arch (Fig. 3).
case_images: Case 1: Posttreatment extraoral and intraoral photographs
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case_images: At the end of treatment, the upper and lower arches were aligned, there was a class 2 molar relation and class 1 canine relation (Fig. 4).
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case_images: Case 2: Pretreatment extraoral and intraoral photographs
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case_images: On intraoral examination, the patient had a class 1 molar relationship bilaterally with missing maxillary right central and lateral incisors, retained deciduous canine, mandibular arch crowding, and retroclined maxillary left central and lateral incisors (Fig. 5).
case_images: Case 2: Pretreatment OPG and CBCT images
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case_images: Cone-beam computed tomography scan also revealed the presence of dilaceration of impacted central incisor root which was curved distobuccally near the apical third (Fig. 6).
case_images: Mid treatment photographs with open coil spring for creating space for 12
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case_images: Once sufficiently erupted, the crown was bonded with an incisor bracket to align the maxillary arch (Fig. 7).
case_images: Case 2: Posttreatment extraoral and intraoral photographs
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case_images: F8
case_images: At the end of treatment, the upper and lower arches were aligned, there was a class 1 molar and class 1 canine relation (Fig. 8).
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case_images: Case 3: Pretreatment extraoral and intraoral photographs
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case_images: A bulge could be felt in the palate in the anterior region (Fig. 9).
case_images: Case 3: Pretreatment OPG and CBCT images
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case_images: The CBCT showed a palatally impacted dilacerated central incisor with root placed labially (Fig. 10).
case_images: Mid treatment photographs with 2 x 4 appliance followed by open exposure and vertical loop for traction
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case_images: A vertical loop was fabricated that was pushed back and ligated to the button to aid in the eruption of the tooth (Fig. 11).
case_images: Case 3: Posttreatment extraoral and intraoral photographs
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case_images: At the end of treatment, the upper incisor was well aligned (Fig. 12).