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Prevalence of Impacted Maxillary Canines in a Palestinian Population

An impacted tooth means that it is stuck and cannot erupt into function. And the maxillary cuspid, namely maxillary canine, is the second most common tooth to become impacted. Actually, there are four canines: two maxillary canines and two mandibular canines and the canines are critical teeth in the dental arch and play an important role to the dentofacial aesthetics and function.

Considering the importance of canines and due to the impacted maxillary canines is a frequently encountered clinical problem, many studies evaluated the prevalence of impacted canines among various populations and reported vast differences in their findings.

In this paper, a retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study of 1321 digital panoramic radiographs was conducted and the authors aimed to estimate the prevalence of impacted maxillary canines in the general population of the city of Nablus, Palestine. The radiographs were obtained from the records of a private dental clinic from the year 2009 till 2016 and were examined by two experienced examiners in order to detect impacted maxillary canines. Then collected data were processed and analyzed by using IBM SPSS Statistics V. 22. Besides, the authors used chi square test to reveal differences in the distribution of impacted canines when stratified by gender, location (left or right), and being unilateral or bilateral.

And the findings showed that the prevalence of impacted canines among the examined population (n = 1321) was found to be 1.8%. There was a significant association between gender and canine impaction (P < 0.05), indicating females had higher prevalence of canine impaction than males. The results also revealed significantly higher unilateral canine impaction compared to bilateral impaction. While, no significant difference in the prevalence of right or left canine impaction was found.

In conclusion, the prevalence of impacted maxillary canines (1.8%) in this study was within the range reported among other populations. And future studies are needed to evaluate the etiology of teeth impaction in Palestine.

Article by Naji Arandi, et al, from Palestine.

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