Pathological Migration: An Unusual Cause of Midline Diastema

From Volume 30, Issue 10, December 2003 | Pages 547-549

Authors

Gerard Rahilly

BDS, FDSFD RCSI, MOrth, RCS FFD, RCSI MDentSci

FTTA in Orthodontics, Leeds Dental Institute

Articles by Gerard Rahilly

Catherine Crocker

BDS MFGDP, MFDS, RCSEd, MDentSci

Specialist Registrar in Orthodontics, Trinity College, Dublin.

Articles by Catherine Crocker

Abstract

A 34-year-old female attended the orthodontic department and was concerned with a midline diastema in the lower arch. The diagnosis made was pathological migration owing to the habitual placement of her tongue stud on the incisal edges of her mandibular central incisors, forcing them apart. This article describes the causes of pathological migration, and other possible complications due to oral piercings.

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