PubMed ID (PMID): 22259804Pages 9-14, Language: EnglishKrieger, Elena / Wegener, Joachim / Wagner, Wilfried / Hornikel, Sandra / Wehrbein, HeinrichFunctional and esthetic results can improve significantly when a combined prosthodonticorthodontic treatment approach is employed in cases requiring extensive oral rehabilitation. The patient presented in this case report was treated in his late teens with dental implants as a replacement for his maxillary incisors. Ten years later, the entire maxillary anterior segment was in infraocclusion compared to the rest of the dentition and lip line. Since prosthodontic follow-up treatment alone could not achieve an optimal functional and esthetic outcome, the patient was treated orthodontically prior to renewing the restoration. A fixed appliance was used to intrude the mandibular anterior teeth as well as vertically align the infrapositioned maxillary lateral incisors.
Keywords: complication, growth, implant, infraocclusion, orthodontics