Chapter 03

Management of the developing dentition

Bishara, S. E. (1997). Arch width changes from 6 weeks to 45 years of age. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 111, 401-9. [PubMed 9109585] [DOI: 10.1016/S0889-5406%2897%2980022-4]
British Orthodontic Society (http://new.bos.org.uk/) Advice Sheet 7. Dummies and Digit Sucking.
Foster, T. D. and Grundy, M. C. (1986). Occlusal changes from primary to permanent dentitions. British Journal of Orthodontics, 13, 187-93. [PubMed 3465367]
Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Extraction of primary teeth - Balance and Compensation(http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/fds/clinical_guidelines).
Gorlin, R. J., Cohen, M. M., and Levin, L. S. (1990). Syndromes of the Head and Neck (3rd edn). Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Source of calcification and eruption dates (and a vast amount of additional information not directly related to this chapter).
Kurol, J. and Bjerklin, K. (1986). Ectopic eruption of maxillary first permanent molars: a review. Journal of Dentistry for Children, 53, 209-15. [PubMed 3519711]

All you need to know about impacted first permanent molars.
Bjerklin, K., Kurol, J., and Valentin, J. (1992). Ectopic eruption of maxillary first permanent molars and association with other tooth and development disturbances. European Journal of Orthodontics, 14, 369-75 [PubMed 1397075]

The results of this study suggest a link between ectopic eruption of first permanent molars, infra-occlusion of deciduous molars, ectopic maxillary canines and absent premolars. Given this association, the wise practitioner will be alerted to other anomalies in patients presenting with any of these features.
Kurol, J. and Koch, G. (1985). The effect of extraction of infraoccluded deciduous molars: a longitudinal study. American Journal of Orthodontics, 87, 46-55. [PubMed 3855349] [DOI: 10.1016/0002-9416%2885%2990173-3]
Larsson, E. (1988). Treatment of children with a prolonged dummy or finger sucking habit. European Journal of Orthodontics, 10, 244-8. [PubMed 3181304]
Mackie, I. C., Blinkhorn, A. S., and Davies, P. H. J. (1989). The extraction of permanent molars during the mixed-dentition period - a guide to treatment planning. Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 5, 85-92.
Peck, S. M., Peck, L., and Kataja, M. (1994). The palatally displaced canine as a dental anomaly of genetic origin. Angle Orthodontist, 64, 249-56. [PubMed 7978519]
Stewart, D. J. (1978). Dilacerate unerupted maxillary incisors. British Dental Journal, 145, 229-33. [PubMed 279345] [DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4804154]
Welbury, R. R., Duggal, M. S. and Hosey, M-T. (2005). Paediatric Dentistry (3rd edn). Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Williams, A. and McMullan, R. (2004). Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. A Guideline for first permanent molar extraction in children (http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/fds/clinical_guidelines)

An excellent résumé of the available evidence on this important topic.

View print version

Oxford University Press, Online Resource Centre, Chapter 03.

Chapter 03

Management of the developing dentition