2001 Volume 29 Issue 1 Pages 3-10
A migrating tooth is a rarely encountered phenomenon, the cause of which is not clear. We examined the possible factors causing migrating teeth using etiological study models and cephalograms of patients who had a familial migrating tooth or teeth. The subjects were two sisters and a brother. The elder sister had bilateral migrating teeth, and the younger sister had one migrating tooth in the maxilla. The brother had no migrating teeth. Our results showed that factors causing migrating teeth are upper basal arch width, size of the maxilla, arch length discrepancy, and congenitalness.
