title: Incidence of canine impaction and transmigration in a patient population.
abstract: In this study, 4500 consecutive panoramic radiographs were prospectively reviewed. The incidence of canine impaction was found to be 3.58% and the incidence of canine transmigration was 0.31%. There were six maxillary and eight mandibular transmigrant canines. The incidence of impacted canine teeth and transmigration of maxillary and mandibular canines may be more frequent than was previously thought, at least in some populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, School of Dentistry, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey. ulkem_aydin@yahoo.com
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yildirim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D014079:Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology