Author/Authors :
Paduano, Sergio Department of Health -“Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, Loc. Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy , Rongo, Roberto Department of Neurosciences - School of Orthodontics - Reproductive Sciences and Oral Sciences University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy , Lucchese, Alessandra Department of Orthodontics - University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy , Aiello, Domenico Postgraduate School of Orthodontics - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy , Michelotti, Ambrosina Department of Neurosciences - School of Orthodontics - Reproductive Sciences and Oral Sciences University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy , Grippaudo, Cristina Postgraduate School of Orthodontics - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
This case series describes the different potential approaches to late-developing supernumerary premolars (LDSP). LDSP are
supernumerary teeth (ST) formed after the eruption of the permanent dentition; usually they develop in the premolar region of the
upper and lower jaw. The choice to extract or to monitor the LDSP depends on many factors and has to be carefully planned due to
the several risks that either the monitoring or the extraction could provoke. These four cases of LDSP showed different treatment
plan alternatives derived from a scrupulous assessment of the clinical and radiographic information.
