Modified serial extraction in a case with missing mandibular second premolars and a brief review of related treatment modalities

• Main Authors: P Chalakkal (Author), Ida de Noronha de Ataide (Author), F Akkara (Author), G Malhotra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This article discusses a case of an 8-year-old female child who presented with severe lower anterior crowding and congenitally missing lower second premolars. A conventional serial extraction procedure could not be performed due to the congenital absence of teeth. Instead, planned extraction of a fe...