Surgical uncovering and orthodontic positioning of unerupted maxillary right canine and left central incisor

ABSTRACT

Excluding all third molars, the most common impaction is of maxillary canine. Palatal impaction [80%] is much more common than labial impaction [20%]. Impaction of maxillary central incisor does not occur frequently. We report an 11-year girl with clinical and radiological features of impacted maxillary canine and maxillary left central incisor. At the age of five years, she had a fell victim to history of trauma of maxillary central incisor with premature exfoliation. Radiograph showed labial impaction of right canine and left central incisor in maxilla