Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Uprighting-A Case Report

Impaction of the mandibular 3 molar is one of the most commonly seen dental aberration. A severe mesioangular impacted mandibular third molar is usually extracted to avoid potential damage to distal root of the second molar or food impaction leading to caries in second and third molar. In cases with early loss of permanent mandibular 1 st molar there is usually a mesial tipping of the adjacent 2 nd molar and loss of space for an ideal prosthesis.In such cases if a mesioangular impacted third molar is present then an ideal treatment would be the orthodontic uprighting of the impacted third molar and closure of the first molar space by mesialising the second and the uprighted third molar. One of the effective appliances for molaruprighting is the tip-back cantilever technique. This article presents uprighting of severely mesioangular impacted 3 rd molar using modified Begg’s uprighting spring.