1Private Practitioner, Dept. of Orthodontics, Private Practice, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
2Dental Surgeon, S.N.M. District Hospital, Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh
3Medical Officer, Govt. of Rajasthan
4Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Orthodontics, Mansarovar Dental College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
5Post Graduate Student, Regional Dental College, Guwahati, Assam, India
*Corresponding Author: Email: majumderpoonam87@gmail.com
Online published on 3 January, 2019.
The maxillary permanent canine is second only to the third molar in frequency of impaction, with a prevalence of approximately 2 per cent of the population; the palatal canine impaction being 85% of the impacted canines. The orthodontist treating patients with palatally impacted canines usually strives to build a complex treatment plan, based on uncomplicated and biological orthodontic and surgical techniques. The aim of the present case report is to demonstrate the potential of the orthodontic treatment of impacted canine with fixed appliance and open surgical technique for stimulation of physiological eruption of palatally impacted canine. This is a case of 12 year old female patient with maxillary bilateral canine impaction, the right maxillary canine was impacted palatally and the left canine buccally respectively, being treated by surgical exposure and fixed orthodontic therapy.
Impacted canine, Orthodontically guided eruption
