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Orthodontic Forced
Eruption:
A Team Approach in Aesthetic Treatment
Authored by
Ahmad Soolari, DMD, MS; Duane Erickson, DDS; and
Amin Soolari, CDRT
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Orthodontic Forced Eruption:
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Effective Date: 7/1/2014 Expiration Date: 7/1/2017
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After participating in this CE activity, the individual will learn:
• The literature-supported scientific basis for the clinical
use of forced orthodontic eruption.
• A team approach to treating a difficult periodontal-
restorative challenge in the anterior maxilla for a patient
with extreme aesthetic concerns.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dr. Ahmad Soolari is a Diplomate of
American Board of Periodontology. He has
a certificate in periodontics from the
Eastman Dental Center and an MS degree
from the University of Rochester (New
York). He earned his DMD degree from the
University of Mississippi Medical Center. A former clinical
associate professor at the University of Maryland, Dental
School in Baltimore, he operates a specialty practice in the
Silver Spring and Gaithersburg areas of Montgomery County,
Md. He can be reached via e-mail at asoolari@gmail.com.
Disclosure: Dr. Ahmad Soolari reports no disclosures.
Dr. Erickson has been in private practice
in orthodontics for 25 years and has offices
in Silver Spring and Olney, Md. He earned
his dental degree at the University of
Maryland, Baltimore, and practiced general
and restorative dentistry for 9 years before
receiving his certification in orthodontics in 1988 from Fairleigh
Dickinson University in New Jersey. He is past president of the
Maryland State Orthodontic Society and has served as
chairman of the education committee of the Middle Atlantic
Association of Orthodontists. He can be reached at
drerickson@ericksonorthodontics.com.
Disclosure: Dr. Erickson reports no disclosures.
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Mr. Amin Soolari is a student in the pre-
dental program at the University of
Maryland. He has been a dental assistant
for 6 years and has experience in
orthodontics, periodontics, and assisting
in general treatment and oral surgery,
and he is currently taking courses to prepare for dental
school. He started his career in a periodontal office, where
he became a Certified Dental Radiation Technologist. He
can be reached via e-mail at amin.soolari@gmail.com.
Disclosure: Mr. Amin Soolari reports no disclosures.
INTRODUCTION
Extraction of maxillary anterior teeth with severe attachment
loss leaves an obvious defect that is difficult to reconstruct.
The lost soft and hard tissues must be regenerated prior to
implant therapy or fixed partial denture placement to replace
the missing tooth for the most aesthetically conscious
patients. Orthodontic forced eruption (OFE) has been
practiced as one method of restoring the soft and hard
tissues lost due to periodontal disease.1-3
This article illustrates a team approach to treating a
difficult periodontal-restorative challenge in the anterior
maxilla for a patient with extreme aesthetic concerns. Her
gummy smile, midline diastema, and severe periodontal
disease were successfully treated with periodontal therapy,
forced extrusion, and crown lengthening surgery prior to the
restorative phase. This method can be used in similar
patients as a more conservative, predictable alternative to
achieve aesthetic harmony versus more invasive and time-
consuming techniques such as ridge augmentation.
Periodontal disease causes loss of both hard and soft
tissues. The loss may be uniform throughout the dentition,
but more often it is asymmetric.4,5 Especially in the aesthetic
zone (ie, the anterior jaws), asymmetry coupled with
periodontal disease presents a challenge for dentists. In
addition, in patients with severe periodontal disease, a tooth
or teeth may be deemed unrestorable if attachment loss is
significant.
When planning restoration of a tooth, dentists can
choose from many different techniques to regain the lost
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hard and soft tissues. Guided tissue regeneration, bone
grafting with either blocks or particulated material, ridge
Figure 1. Initial
augmentation, gingival grafting, distraction osteogenesis, appearance of the
and sinus elevation are some of the most frequently used patient (June 7,
2010). Excessive
and documented methods of restoring tissue architecture. gingival display, a
However, these methods are invasive, time-consuming, and midline diastema,
gingival and
expensive. They are also associated with morbidity (for dental asymmetry,
example, at graft donor sites)6 and, occasionally, unpre- rotated maxillary left canine (No. 11), and short clinical crowns on most
teeth are apparent.
dictable resorption.7 Thus, noninvasive and more
predictable techniques have been sought.
In the mid-1970s, Ingber1,8 advocated forced eruption of
diseased teeth to treat one- and 2-wall defects. Salama and
Salama9 introduced forced eruption as a method of
developing/restoring tissues prior to implant treatment.
Subsequent studies reported success with this technique
prior to both conventional and implant therapies.2,10-13 The
method is predictable and can be done more quickly than
many other techniques, saving time and expense.
The current report details the treatment of a patient with
excessive gingival display, a midline diastema, asymmetry at
the maxillary central incisors, and significant attachment loss
caused by periodontal disease. Her disease activity was Figure 2. Initial
periapical view of
controlled, attachment levels were improved and stabilized, the maxillary
and a poor aesthetic appearance was corrected through central incisors
(June 7, 2010).
periodontal therapy, OFE, and crown lengthening surgery.

CASE REPORT
A 55-year-old female smoker was not happy with her smile
Figure 3. Palatal
and rejected a proposed treatment plan from another office view showing
that involved extraction of “2 upper front teeth” and placement significant
attachment loss,
of 2 adjacent implants. Clinical and radiographic evaluation dehiscence, and
heavy subgingival
disclosed excessive gingival display, incomplete passive calculus (October
eruption, asymmetry of the maxillary central incisors, a 9, 2010).
midline diastema, and significant attachment loss in the
anterior maxilla (Figures 1 to 4). The only tooth in her anterior
maxilla that showed aesthetic proportions was the left central Figure 4. Facial
incisor (No. 9); the other teeth had rather short crowns. view of teeth Nos.
8 and 9 showing
A treatment plan was recommended to harmonize the the buccal plate,
remaining teeth in the aesthetic zone with the maxillary left which was missing
on the palatal
central incisor. The proposal included OFE following aspect (October 9,
nonsurgical periodontal therapy (scaling and root planing) 2010).

and surgical treatment, which included flap surgery to treat crown lengthening surgery for the remaining maxillary
teeth No. 8 (maxillary right central incisor) and No. 9, and anterior teeth. The patient agreed to periodontic-

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orthodontic-restorative therapy. The OFE was needed to
minimize the ridge deformity; these are hard to hide and
difficult to manage following the removal of maxillary Figure 5. Intraoral
view (April 25,
anterior teeth. The key to the success of this treatment plan 2011) after 8
was careful implementation of OFE to support the weeks of
orthodontic
restorative effort. treatment to rotate
The periodontal surgery disclosed severe bone loss on the maxillary left
canine (No. 11).
the palatal aspect of teeth Nos. 8 and 9 with heavy calculus
deposits. The bone loss was more severe on No. 9 than on
No. 8 (Figure 2). Following removal of infected tissue and
calculus, periodontal regenerative therapy (PRT) was
performed; this included bone grafting, application of
demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft (LifeNet Health),
and placement of a resorbable bilayer collagen membrane
(Geistlich Bio-Gide [Geistlich Pharma North America]).
The patient was referred to an orthodontist, and
examination and treatment were as follows: The orthodontic
exam revealed a good Class I occlusion with generalized
periodontitis; in particular, severe horizontal and vertical
bone loss around teeth Nos. 8 and 9. Teeth Nos. 8 and 9 had Figure 6.
Periapical
a hopeless prognosis due to severe periodontal defects, radiograph taken
mobility, poor crown-to-root ratios, and unaesthetic crowns. during orthodontic
forced eruption
The treatment plan was to remove Nos. 8 and 9 and replace (OFE) (July 6,
them with implant restorations. However, the periodontal 2011).

defects and the likelihood of further alveolar resorption

following the extraction of teeth Nos. 8 and 9 meant that the
prognosis for placement of implants was poor. Therefore,
OFE would be accomplished in order to create new alveolar
bone so that implants could be placed.
Orthodontic treatment in the presence of severe
periodontal disease is not recommended. Therefore, perio-
dontal treatment was performed to control disease activity. Due
to the significant attachment loss and heavy subgingival
calculus on the palatal aspect of teeth Nos. 8 and 9 (Figure 2),
periodontal surgery was performed to gain access to the roots
of the teeth and the bony defects to resolve the inflammation,
stop bleeding on probing, reduce the pocket depth, and
remove the calculus. After a flap was raised and the necrotic
tissue and calculus were removed, PRT was performed to
prepare teeth Nos. 8 and 9 for OFE. The proposed orthodontic
therapy would slowly erupt teeth Nos. 8 and 9 to improve
alveolar height and minimize bony defects in the alveolus that
would result from the extraction of these teeth.
Figure 7. Clinical
appearance on
July 6, 2011,
during orthodontic
therapy, after 8
weeks of forced
eruption of the
incisors and
canines and reduction of the central incisor crowns from fremitus.
On November 24, 2010, partial fixed orthodontic
appliances (0.018-inch Innovation-R [GAC International] self-
ligating brackets) were placed on the anterior teeth (Nos. 6 to
11), and anchor tubes were placed on teeth Nos. 3 and 14
(0.022-inch) (Figures 5 to 7). A 0.016-inch Ni-Ti wire was
placed to align teeth Nos. 6 to 11; No. 11 in particular
required derotation. Derotation of No. 11 took somewhat
longer than expected but was accomplished by May 4, 2011
(Figure 5). At this time a 0.016- x 0.022-inch braided wire
(Quad Cat) was placed with 1.5-mm step-down bends to

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slowly super-erupt teeth Nos. 8 and 9.
During the next several months, the patient was seen
about every 3 to 4 weeks; at each appointment, the wire was
activated 0.5 to 1.0 mm to erupt teeth Nos. 8 and 9. In addition,
Figure 8. Clinical
at each appointment, the teeth were evaluated to eliminate any appearance on
September 29,
fremitus (traumatic occlusion) and the clinical crowns of teeth 2011, following
Nos. 8 and 9 were adjusted accordingly (Figures 6 and 7). The removal of
orthodontic
objective during this time was to slowly erupt the teeth so that appliances.
the tension on the periodontal ligament would stimulate
osteoblastic activity and the erupting tooth would bring bone
with it. Close monitoring and elimination of fremitus were
important so that untoward occlusal forces would not result in Figure 9. Final
appearance
the destruction of bone. During this time, teeth Nos. 8 and 9 (March 24, 2012)
after one year of
each erupted 4 to 5 mm, and the interproximal spaces were periodontic-
distributed for ideal restoration. On September 29, 2011, the orthodontic-
restorative
fixed appliances were removed. The patient was instructed to therapy.
wear a clear (Essix-type) retainer for 12 hours per day and to
return to the periodontist and general dentist to plan for the
replacement of teeth Nos. 8 and 9.
However, tooth No. 8 had responded positively to Figure 10. Final
appearance in the
periodontal-regenerative therapy; therefore the decision aesthetic zone.
The prosthesis is
was made to retain it and utilize it as an abutment for the supported by
definitive prosthesis. Tooth No. 9 remained hopeless. The healthy, pink, and
firm keratinized
original treatment plan included placement of an implant gingiva.
following the extraction of tooth No. 9, but the patient now
refused the implant, since the remaining teeth in the
aesthetic zone would still require prosthetic restoration to
achieve an acceptable appearance. The OFE improved
alveolar height for both Nos. 8 and 9. This approach
resulted in the creation of new alveolar bone. The
multidisciplinary treatment in this case significantly
improved the aesthetic appearance of a patient who was
not happy with her diastema, excessive gingival display,
midline asymmetry, tooth mobility, and significant bone loss.
The definitive prosthesis was placed a year later. Excellent
aesthetics and strong function were established for this patient, Figure 11.
Radiographic
who originally suffered from generalized moderate and appearance after
localized severe periodontitis. The patient was pleased with the OFE, extraction,
crown length-
final appearance of her smile (Figures 8 to 11) and stopped ening, and
smoking. The aesthetics of the definitive restoration may have prosthesis
placement.
been improved by moving the gingival margin of crown No. 8
apically to make it symmetrical with pontic No. 9. This highlights the treating professionals and the patient during all phases
the need for meticulous detailed communication between of this type of treatment.

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DISCUSSION
Dentists have been exploring the possibility of forced eruption
of diseased teeth as a means of augmenting soft and hard
tissue and eliminating infrabony defects since the 1970s.1,8
Since then, many reports of successful forced
eruption/extrusion followed by retention and conservative
restoration of what would have been hopeless teeth have been
published.2,10-12 In addition to its predictability, forced eruption
can usually be completed fairly quickly; Biggerstaff et al2
completed treatment in 3 patients within about 4 weeks.
Van Venrooy and Yukna3 provided proof of principle for
OFE in an animal study. The attachment apparatus was
damaged and periodontal disease was induced in beagle
dogs. Teeth extruded with orthodontic elastics were less
mobile and displayed shallower pockets, less bleeding, and
radiographic bone gain, whereas control (untreated) teeth
showed no improvement after 21 days.
In clinical studies, many authors have investigated the
use of extrusion for teeth that would otherwise be
considered nonrestorable. Biggerstaff et al2 “reclaimed”
nonrestorable teeth with OFE in 3 patients with teeth with
compromised gingival margins caused by tooth fractures or
perforation of the gingiva. The authors2 found that the
technique was relatively simple and quick, and bone support
was regained because the process resembled normal tooth
eruption. Camargo et al10 declared OFE the “technique of
choice” prior to crown lengthening in the aesthetic zone.
Fakhry11 also advocated OFE as a more conservative
method of restoring teeth, even in sites with minimal coronal
tooth structure in the aesthetic zone, but cautioned against
overaggressive use of the technique to prevent periodontal
damage and harm to coronal tooth structure.
Many authors have reported on the use of OFE to
restore fractured teeth or roots as a means of avoiding
more aggressive treatment, including extraction. Goenka et
al14 discussed the use of OFE for teeth that had fractured
at or coronal to the gingival level. They14 reported on the
successful treatment of such a case with OFE followed by
prosthetic treatment. Addy et al15 reviewed the literature on
treatment of root fractures, noting that sufficient root length
was needed to ensure success and avoid extraction of the
injured tooth. Valerio et al16 stated that, in addition, the
ferrule should be adequate and the biologic width of the
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injured tooth/root must be intact to perform OFE and avoid
surgical treatment.
As the use of implants has increased, clinicians have
used OFE more frequently prior to implant placement to
prepare sites to receive implants. Makhmalbaf and Chee17
cited forced eruption as a viable alternative to
preimplantation bone augmentation in their treatment of a
woman with bone and gingiva loss. Mankoo and Frost12 used
OFE in 2 patients with advanced periodontal loss. The
procedure provided sufficient vertical augmentation for im-
plant placement. Mirmarashi et al18 showed that OFE could
assist in the transition to definitive implant prosthetic
treatment. While the teeth to be extracted remained in situ,
they were used not only to assist in developing an
appropriate soft- and hard-tissue profile, but they also
supported a fixed provisional restoration so that a removable
provisional was not needed. Amato et al19 found that OFE
prior to implant treatment was successful for bone
regeneration about 70% of the time and for gingival
augmentation in about 60% of cases. The implant survival
rate in their series19 of 11 patients (27 implants) was 96%.
Kan et al20 used an interdisciplinary approach (periodontics,
orthodontics, and prosthodontics) to modify the tissue
architecture in the aesthetic zone for multiple adjacent teeth.
Tarnow et al21 noted that there is about a one- or 2-mm
difference between the thickness of the peri-implant soft
tissue and that of the soft tissue around the natural
dentition, with implants being associated with thinner
tissue. The crest of bone at the implant neck should be 2
mm coronal to the bone around the adjacent natural tooth
to ensure optimal control of soft-tissue aesthetics and avoid
the “black triangle” caused by inadequate papillae.21
Rokn et al13 noted that most attempts at vertical
augmentation were unpredictable, whether done via sinus
elevation, guided bone regeneration, or distraction
osteogenesis; resorption might be minimal or very dramatic
and uneven. In addition, these techniques are very invasive,
time consuming, and expensive. Periodontal treatment and
OFE followed by implant therapy in a woman with
generalized aggressive periodontitis was successful,
resulting in shallower probing pocket depths, improved
hard- and soft-tissue margins, and restoration with an
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CONCLUSION
OFE may allow for retention and restoration of otherwise
hopeless teeth, and it may also provide an alternative to
ridge augmentation surgery to regenerate lost hard and soft
tissues prior to implant placement or delivery of a fixed
partial denture. Extrusion will decrease periodontal pocket
depths, and in the case presented, it saved tooth No. 8. In
conjunction with conventional periodontal treatment of
maxillary anterior teeth, OFE is a viable and noninvasive
solution to a patient’s aesthetic concerns when dealing with
management of a nontreatable tooth in the aesthetic zone.
Most patients, if given a choice, will prefer quicker, less
aggressive, and more cost-effective treatment, and OFE
should be considered in appropriate cases.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The assistance of Jennifer Ballinger, ELS, in drafting this
manuscript is gratefully acknowledged.
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successful OFE treatment and tooth restoration: otherwise hopeless teeth. OFE may also provide an
a. Sufficient root length. alternative to ridge augmentation surgery to
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directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at
ada.org/goto/cerp.