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| | PCSO Bulletin, Fall 2002 Presentation Summary: "Understanding Impacted Teeth Then Treating Them ... |
 | | This lecture also covered teeth from within dentigerous cysts and teeth that resorb the roots of adjacent teeth (Lecture 3) as well as multiple impactions and cleidocranial dysplasia (Lecture 4). |
 | | The aims of radiology in relation to impacted teeth are (1) to find the pathology such as supernumerary teeth, cystic damage, ankylosis, abnormality of crown or root, resorption of crown or root, and (2) to find the location using tube-shift method (lateral or vertical shift), panoramic view, views at right angles, and/or computed tomography. |
 | | The following principles for surgical exposure of impacted teeth were suggested: (1) wide soft tissue flap, (2) minimal exposure of the tooth hemostasis and small attachment bonding, (3) cementoenamel junction undisturbed, (4) remainder of follicle undisturbed, and (5) full flap closure. |
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