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Case Reports
. 2015 Aug;7(Suppl 2):S749-51.
doi: 10.4103/0975-7406.163534.

The orthodontic management of ectopic canine

R Thirunavukkarasu  1 , G Sriram  2 , R Satish  3
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Case Reports

The orthodontic management of ectopic canine

R Thirunavukkarasu et al. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2015 Aug.

Abstract

The canines being the cornerstone of the arch and smile is one of the teeth, which has the longest eruption passage that gets influenced by local and general etiological factors easily. The initial calcification of the crowns starts at 4-5 months of age and proceeds toward eruption about 11-13 years of age with mesiobuccal crown angulation that gets corrected toward occlusion. It gets displaced buccally or palatally or may sometimes get impacted. Early intervention is the best suited to manage canine eruption patterns. Once erupted ectopically, they possess a great challenge in repositioning them back into their correct position. This case report discusses an orthodontic treatment planning and execution to correct a buccally placed canine with an anterior crossbite in an adult.

Keywords: Anterior crossbite; blocked incisor; ectopic canine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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(a-c) Pre treatment extra oral
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(a-e) Pre treatment intra oral
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(a-c) Mid treatment Intra oral
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(a-c) Post treatment extra oral
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(a-e) Post treatment intra oral
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