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Eruption disturbances: an aetiological-cum-management perspective

Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, India

*Correspondence to: Dr Archna Nagpal, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Pin Code - 576104, India; Email: drarchnanagpal{at}rediffmail.com

Received 3 September 2004; revised 24 November 2004; accepted 6 December 2004

Failure of permanent teeth to erupt without any known cause is a rare incident. We report a case of multiple unerupted permanent teeth and make an effort to predict all possible causes of non-eruption of permanent teeth clinically and radiographically. It is essential to diagnose and treat eruption disturbances as early as possible because treatment at a later stage is usually more complicated due to the tendency of malocclusion to increase with time and reduced ability of remaining dentition to adjust.

Keywords: eruption; impaction; primary retention; secondary retention