Open AccessInterdisciplinary approach to palatally impacted canine
Author(s) -
Ashish Goel,
Anju Loomba,
Poonam Goel,
Naresh Kumar Sharma
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.69169
Subject(s) - medicine , orthodontics , traction (geology) , malocclusion , dentistry , geology , geomorphology
Interdisciplinary approach for the management of malocclusion provides a holistic approach of patient management. Prudent treatment planning is necessary to achieve the various treatment goals. The article highlights the salient features and various surgical and orthodontic considerations to approach cases with impacted canines. It is exemplified with a case in which a palatally impacted canine and a highly placed canine in the buccal vestibule have been surgically intervened and orthodontically extruded with sequential traction and aligned in the arch.