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Case Reports
. 1987 Sep-Oct;54(5):335-8.

Early diagnosis and prevention of impaction of the maxillary canine

P W Nagan  1 , T Wolf, G Kassoy
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  • PMID: 3478359
Case Reports

Early diagnosis and prevention of impaction of the maxillary canine

P W Nagan et al. ASDC J Dent Child. 1987 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

If there is no evidence of a canine bulge, and the tooth appears to be tipped medially in the frontal radiograph, with the crown medial to the lateral border of the nasal cavity, a future impaction of the maxillary canine is a significant possibility.

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