Resumen de Migration following crown-lengthening procedure-A case report
Ami Smidt, Daniel Zyskind, Eyal Venezia
Periodontal surgery may be accompanied with some postoperative complications such as pain, swelling and sloughing, purulence or infection, transient bacteremia, nerve trauma, and hemorrhage. In general, a resective surgical intervention may implicate reduction in the attachment apparatus. Migration as a postoperative complication has never been addressed in the literature. This paper presents a case report detailing migration of a tooth, following a surgical preprosthetic clinical crown-lengthening procedure, which was repositioned using adjunctive orthodontics with a removable maxillary modified Hawley appliance. It is incumbent upon the dentist to examine meticulously the occlusal status of the teeth prior to a planned surgical intervention and to take measures preventing any possible tooth migration during the healing process. Failure to achieve occlusal and intra-arch stability may lead to undesired tooth movement in the arch postsurgery, affecting future prognosis and complicating any planned prosthetic work.
