American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Original articleEarly prediction of maxillary canine impaction from panoramic radiographs
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Material and methods
A total of 384 panoramic radiographs of 442 nonsyndromic patients known to have unilaterally impacted maxillary canines who had attended the Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Clinic at Prince Philip Dental Hospital in Hong Kong SAR, China, were available for assessment. The clinical records and the radiologic data were used to assess and confirm the position of an impacted maxillary canine. The canine was defined as impacted if its antimere had completely erupted in the oral cavity, but the
Results
The 384 panoramic radiographs that formed the sample for this study included parts of records from 111 patients with a total of 222 longitudinal follow-up radiographs. The data obtained from all 384 panoramic radiographs were divided into different age groups (Table I) to facilitate comparing the position of the impacted canine (group I) with the unaffected antimere (group II). This included 54 radiographs from patients in the age group of 3 to 8 years. No statistically significant difference
Discussion
Panoramic films have been used extensively for the identification of diagnostic parameters aimed at facilitating interceptive treatment planning. Occasionally, patients have distortions in the frontal dentoalveolar regions.1, 10 However, it has been demonstrated by mathematical calculations and confirmed by experimental tests that panoramic radiographic images can be reliable for geometric measurements in clinical practice.11, 12 Linear vertical measurements, ratio calculations, and angular
Conclusions
The vertical distance of the tip of the maxillary canine from the occlusal plane as evident on a panoramic radiograph is a good predictor of impaction of a maxillary canine. Diagnosis of an impacted maxillary canine can be made after 8 years of age, especially if the angulation of the canine with the midline is also considered. Hence, screening of patients to detect an early impaction could be performed at this age.
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