Prediction of orthodontic treatment of surgically exposed unilateral maxillary impacted canine patients.

Prediction of orthodontic treatment of surgically exposed unilateral maxillary impacted canine patients.

Conclusions: Available canine space, maxillary transverse dimension at the molars, and the mandibular incisor Irregularity Index serve as indicators for extraction and/or expansion in cases involving unilateral maxillary impacted canines requiring surgical exposure. Many of these cases are treated without extraction and/or expansion. PMID: 22149623 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Angle Orthodontist) ________________________________

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