Prevalence of impacted maxillary canines and its association with other dental anomalies

Abstract

The impacted maxillary canines are the second most common of the impacted tooth. Ectopic eruption may lead to impac-tion. An ectopic maxillary canine is a canine which follows an abnormal path of eruption in the maxilla. The aim of the study is to quantify the prevalence of impacted maxillary canines and its association with other dental anomalies. A retrospective study was done with 13 patients who had impacted maxillary canines. For the data collection we reviewed patient records and analysed the data of 86000 patients between june 2019 and march 2020. The collected data were analysed for further associated dental anomaly. The results were analysed using SPSS version 20 by IBM and association between impacted canine and dental anomaly was determined using pearson correlation with p value <0.05. From the study it was found that the most common impacted maxillary canine is the left maxillary canine (61.5%). The peg laterals were the most dental anomaly with the impacted maxillary canine(61.8%). Dental anomalies should be used as risk indicators for early diagnosis and appropriate treatment planning.