<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Aim</h3><p>To determine the features of the mandibular dental arch in subjects presenting with impacted permanent lower canines.</p></sec><sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>The ‘impaction group’ consisted of 48 Indian subjects with mandibular canine impaction (Females:Males, 1.5:1; mean age, 15.03 ± 0.49 years). The ‘control group’ was comprised of 96 age-, gender- and malocclusion-matched Indians who were randomly selected from subjects initially screened but who had completely erupted mandibular canines. Arch width, arch length, arch shape and space status (total tooth size, arch-length – tooth-size discrepancy) were assessed using dental models and were compared between the groups using comparative measurements and statistics.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>Statistically significant differences were demonstrated with respect to the arch length, arch shape, total tooth size and arch-length – tooth-size discrepancy (<italic>p</italic> = 0.03, 0.02, 0.04, 0.01; independent 2-sample <italic>t</italic>-tests, respectively). Crowding was more prevalent in subjects with impaction than in the controls, with the difference being statistically significant (chi-square = 13.202; degrees of freedom (df) = 4; <italic>p</italic> = 0.010).</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Patients with permanent mandibular canine impaction have adequately wide but shorter lower dental arch forms along with wider mandibular total tooth size and greater arch-length – tooth-size discrepancy when compared with a control sample.</p></sec></abstract>

AimTo determine the features of the mandibular dental arch in subjects presenting with impacted permanent lower canines.MethodsThe ‘impaction group’ consisted of 48 Indian subjects with mandibular canine impaction (Females:Males, 1.5:1; mean age, 15.03 ± 0.49 years). The ‘control group’ was comprised of 96 age-, gender- and malocclusion-matched Indians who were randomly selected from subjects initially screened but who had completely erupted mandibular canines. Arch width, arch length, arch shape and space status (total tooth size, arch-length – tooth-size discrepancy) were assessed using dental models and were compared between the groups using comparative measurements and statistics.ResultsStatistically significant differences were demonstrated with respect to the arch length, arch shape, total tooth size and arch-length – tooth-size discrepancy (p = 0.03, 0.02, 0.04, 0.01; independent 2-sample t-tests, respectively). Crowding was more prevalent in subjects with impaction than in the controls, with the difference being statistically significant (chi-square = 13.202; degrees of freedom (df) = 4; p = 0.010).ConclusionPatients with permanent mandibular canine impaction have adequately wide but shorter lower dental arch forms along with wider mandibular total tooth size and greater arch-length – tooth-size discrepancy when compared with a control sample.

Evaluation of the mandibular arch in patients with impacted permanent lower canines

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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AimTo determine the features of the mandibular dental arch in subjects presenting with impacted permanent lower canines.MethodsThe ‘impaction group’ consisted...

Evaluation of the mandibular arch in patients with impacted permanent lower canines

Published Online: Aug 15, 2021

Page range: 37 - 41

Received: Nov 01, 2014

Accepted: Apr 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2020-138

© 2015 Shikha Jain et al., published by Sciendo

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