Maxillary canine impaction; a final twist in the tale?
A case is presented with a displaced maxillary canine, where one year subsequent to the radiographic diagnosis, a bend in the apical one third of the adjacent premolar root had developed. This finding lends further support to a recent hypothesis, that in such circumstances, the canine impaction results in the deviation of the developing premolar root, rather than the obverse.
Chate
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Orthodontic Department, Essex County Hospital, Colchester, UK. racchate@rcsed.ac.uk
D001641:Bicuspid / Q000002:abnormalities; D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla; D011859:Radiography; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000002:abnormalities; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging