Use of the apically repositioned flap in the management of labially impacted maxillary central incisors

Singapore Dental Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-59

  Ong, Marianne ^a   Chew, Ming Tak ^a  

^a National Dental Centre of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apically repositioned flap; Central incisors; Labial; Management; Unerupted

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; ORTHODONTICS; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOOTH MOVEMENT; TOOTH, IMPACTED; TOOTH, SUPERNUMERARY;

EID: 11844304201     PISSN: 03775291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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