title: [Management of an impacted canine tooth in the palate].
abstract: The abundance of scientific articles about current dental movements such as intrusion, space closure, uprighting ... is in contrast with the rarity of those concerning palatal impacted canine. The goal of this article is to emphasize upon frequent hazards of this dysmorphosis which often generate litigations and to suggest an original classification of favorable and unfavorable clinical situations and a simplified mechanotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Orthopédie Dento-Maxillo-Faciale, CHU Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Crinetz
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D010159:Palate; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000473:pathology; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000473:pathology; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*