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Case Report
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J Korean Dent Assoc. 2026;64(10):367-374. Published online October 31, 2026.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2026.64.10.003
- 소아치과 구강수술에서 3D 프린팅 수술 가이드의 적용
- Application of 3D-printed surgical guides in pediatric oral surgery
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So-Min Lim
, Nan-Young Lee
, Su-Hyun Park
, Ji-Na Song
, Myeong-Kwan Jih
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Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Corresponding author: Myeong-Kwan Jih Tel: +82-62-616-3860, Email: mdenti@chosun.ac.kr
- Received: July 2, 2026; Revised: October 16, 2026 Accepted: October 16, 2026.
- Abstract
- Impacted and supernumerary teeth in pediatric patients may disturb normal eruption and require surgical or orthodontic intervention. This report presents two cases in which three-dimensional-printed surgical guides were used for pediatric oral surgical procedures. In the first case, a 10-year-old boy had an impacted supernumerary tooth associated with eruption disturbance of the mandibular right first premolar. A surgical guide was used to assist the lingual approach and initial bone removal, and spontaneous eruption of the premolar was observed after extraction. In the second case, a 13-year-old boy had a palatally impacted maxillary left canine close to the lateral incisor root. A surgical guide was used for open surgical exposure and button bonding, followed by orthodontic traction. These cases suggest that three-dimensional-printed surgical guides may be useful as an adjunctive tool for confirming the planned surgical approach in pediatric oral surgical procedures involving impacted teeth.
Keywords :Tooth, Impacted; Tooth, Supernumerary; Pediatric Dentistry; Surgery, Computer-Assisted; Printing, Three-Dimensional
