Morphological relationship analysis of impacted maxillary canines and the adjacent teeth on 3-dimensional reconstructed CT images.

CONCLUSION: These results might help to prove the hypothesis that the smaller-sized lateral incisor roots and greater-sized canine crowns are the influential etiologic factors in maxillary canine impaction.
PMID: 28156127 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Angle Orthodontist - February 2, 2017 Category: Dentistry Authors: Kim Y, Hyun HK, Jang KT Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research