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Abnormal Tooth Position

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This chapter reviews impacted teeth, rotated teeth, transposition, and ectopic eruption, which are classified as major abnormal tooth positions in clinical dentistry.

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  1. Department of Maxillofacial Orthognathics, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

    Masayoshi Uezono & Keiji Moriyama

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  1. Seattle Science Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA

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    R. Shane Tubbs

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Uezono, M., Moriyama, K. (2019). Abnormal Tooth Position. In: Iwanaga, J., Tubbs, R. (eds) Anatomical Variations in Clinical Dentistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97961-8_21

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