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The extraction of a lower incisor in orthodontics: indications, planning of the treatment and clinical handling in different malocclusions Volume 83, issue 3, Septembre 2012

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* Auteur pour correspondance : jchaques@jchaques.es

The extraction of a lower incisor has been a therapeutic approach considered controversial in orthodontics over the last decades and, therefore, supported by some authors and questioned by others. In recent years, different publications have attempted to provide with substantial and structured information that could help to perform this atypical form of therapy in selected cases with a prospective good result. The purpose of this article is to summarise the available information, providing an order and structure to the diagnostic features that could support the indication and use of this treatment alternative, including the quantification of those parameters that can be measured in the decision-making process. Finally, to set up a clear and meaningful clinical frame that could be used by the orthodontist as a reference line in daily practice. Four case reports will be used in order to illustrate the indication of this treatment modality in different malocclusions.