title: Four impacted canines in an adult patient: a challenge in orthodontics.
abstract: This case report illustrates the management of four impacted canines in an adult patient associated with prolonged retention of the four deciduous teeth. The treatment plan was formulated to extract the lower deciduous teeth, application of the forced eruption with the permanent canines, and extract the upper permanent canines and maintenance of the maxillary deciduous canines. No reshaping of the maxillary deciduous teeth was performed because the patient was satisfied with the results.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Dentistry Program in Orthodontics, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil.
authors.forename: Orlando Motohiro
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Ana Leticia Rocha
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Avila
authors.forename: Ariel Adriano Reyes
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: Matheus Melo
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pithon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009970:Orthodontics; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery*