title: Transposition of bilateral maxillary canine and first premolar.
abstract: The following case report describes the treatment of a 16-year-old female patient with complete transposition of maxillary first premolars and canines. Retained deciduous maxillary canines and buccal eruption of permanent maxillary canines led to non-consonant smile arc of the patient and obliteration of buccal corridors. Mechanics for correction were individualized based on factors such as facial pattern, age, malocclusion, tooth-size discrepancy, stage of eruption, and magnitude of the transposition. Thus an attempt was made to align transposition by maintaining order of transposed canine and first premolar and attain a consonant smile arc with a normal buccal corridor width.
authors.affiliation: Kalka Dental College, India.
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kapoor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000473:pathology*; D002508:Cephalometry; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology*; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014079:Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome