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Published on: August 22, 2022
Radiological features and treatment of erupting maxillary canines in relation to the occurrence of dental
Jenni Ristaniemi1, Terhi Karjalainen2, Kati Kujasalo2
1Oral Development and Orthodontics, Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. jenni.ristaniemi@oulu.fi.
Objective:
This study aimed to investigate the radiological features of the permanent canines and the treatment carried out to ensure their eruption relative to certain features involved in Dental Anomaly Patterns (DAP).
Material And Methods:
The cross-sectional part of this retrospective register--based study focused on 1,315 dental panoramic tomographs (DPTs) of children aged 8.5-10.5 years, while the longitudinal part involved information on the treatment provided for 1,269 canines after the DPTs and on their eruption into the oral cavity.
Results:
The canines of the DAP children more often showed evidence of early treatment (p = 0.014), with girls having more frequently interceptive treatment (p = 0.004) and boys early headgear (p = 0.022). Delayed dental age was associated with early treatment (OR 3.29, 95% CI 1.08-9.99). Either no or clear overlapping of a canine with the lateral incisor occurred more often in the DAP children, whereas canine inclination did not differ between the groups. The root development stage of the canine was more often either beginning or well advanced in the DAP children.
Conclusions:
The children with dental developmental abnormalities more often showed evidence of early treatment for the canines. Monitoring of the erupting canines after the first mixed stage is important to enable timely early treatment.
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