The mandibular second molars can become impacted beneath the crown of the first molars due to various causes and fail to erupt normally. Presented herewith is a case report of orthodontic uprighting of a mesioangular impacted mandibular right permanent second molar. Though various treatment options were available, an uprighting push spring appliance was used as it is easy to fabricate and produ...

Fig. 1 A. 25-year-old male patient with mesially tipped upper right second molar before treatment. B. After removal of lower left third molar. molar uprighting.6 Although early mechanics tended to cause molar extrusion or premolar intrusion, more recently developed springs can upright molars without these undesirable side effects.7,8 The need for simpler appliances to manage relatively limited ...

INTRODUCTION Uprighting a tipped molar by using an uprighting spring is a fundamental orthodontic treatment technique. Following a weak anchorage done only by the anterior teeth the permanent lower second molar will rotate around its center of resistance, and besides the distalizing movement will occur its extrusion. Following the reaction, the mandibular anterior teeth will have a movement of ...

a 16-year-old class ii female patient was treated without tooth extraction. the upper first molars were distalized by the pendulum appliance. after six months, the molars tipped significantly to the distal. to correct this side effect, we decided to upright the molars using skeletal anchorage. on each side, a mini-screw was inserted between first and second premolars in the buccal cortical plat...

A commonly encountered problem in prosthetic dentistry is the supra eruption of teeth due to absence of opposing teeth. Consequently, replacement of the missing teeth with prosthesis becomes difficult due to lack of vertical dimension of the edentulous area. This article describes the space regaining procedure in a 14-year-old female patient who wanted a fixed prosthesis for her missing maxilla...

Impaction of the lower second molar is not a common problem, but it is very challenging for both orthodontist and oral surgeon. Treatment options depend on the degree of tooth inclination, the position of the third molars, and the desired type of movement, which may be surgical and/or orthodontic in nature. A good treatment alternative is surgical uncovering with orthodontically-assisted erupti...

281 P loss of the mandibular second premolars and first molars due to caries or periodontal disease can lead to mesioinclination of the second molars. Various orthodontic methods have been used to upright the lower molars for prosthetic rehabilitation,1-8 but these generally involve molar extrusion and reciprocal movement of the anchorage unit.9 Conventional flexible alloy or rectangular stainl...

after extraction or loss of a first molar, the second molar may tip mesially into the edentulous space. Not only will the first-molar space contract mesiodistally, but eccentric occlusal loading will reduce the biomechanical loading capacity of the second molar. Such a situation requires preprosthetic up righting of the second molar using appropriate mechanics. Simply tipping the molar distally...