ISSN: 2578-4838
Authors: Nagaveni NB
In day today life clinicians can come across various dental malocclusions in human beings. Maxillary midline diastema is one among those and when this condition occurs it causes aesthetic impairment requiring orthodontic treatment in order to close the existing ugly looking gap between two central incisors. However, before performing this treatment, it is essential to rule out the underlying etiologic factors as this clinical entity is caused by various causative factors. In the present article, occurrence of maxillary midline diastema and high labial frenum attachment both in mother and daughter indicating genetic relation associated with it is shown.
Keywords: Central Incisors, Dental Midline, Genetic Mapping, Maxillary Diastema, Orthodontic Treatment
