Guided bone regeneration-assisted orthodontic treatment for closing the space of missing central incisors.

Author: Lu-Yi CHEN ¹ ; Min HUANG ¹ ; Jia-Qi WU ¹ ; Jun LUO ¹
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1. Dept. of Orthodontics, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, The Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine, Nanchang 330006, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: guided bone regeneration; incisor missing; space closure
MeSH: Adult; Alveolar Bone Loss; Anodontia; Bone Regeneration; Humans; Incisor; Maxilla; Orthodontic Space Closure
From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2021;39(4):482-488
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: Long-term missing teeth can lead to alveolar bone loss in the edentulous area. Guided bone regeneration (GBR) is a bone augmentation method. It is widely used in clinical practice and broadens the indications of orthodontic treatment to a certain extent. This article reports a case of an adult patient with edentulous space in the maxillary central incisor, which was successfully closed through orthodontic treatment combined with GBR. This study will provide a re-ference for future clinical work.