Root resorption associated with ectopically erupting maxillary.pdf

European Journal of Orthodontics 33 (2011) 483–491 ? The Author 2010. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Orthodontic Society. doi:10.1093/ejo/cjq085 All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org Advance Access Publication 2 December 2010 Introduction The incidence of impacted or ectopically erupting maxillary permanent canines has been reported to be 0.9 to 2.0 per cent (Thilander and Jakobsson, 1968; Ericson and Kurol, 1986). There are variations between different ethnic groups and genders (Becker, 2007). Many studies comprising orthodontic patients have shown a strong prevalence for this anomaly in females (female:male = 2.3:1 or 3:1; Dachi and Howell, 1961; Becker et al., 1981; Oliver et al., 1989). However, a random Israeli population study showed this to be approximately equal in males and females (Brin et al., 1986). Ectopically erupting and untreated impacted canines may cause several complications, such as displacement of the adjacent incisors, formation of follicular cysts, canine ankylosis, canine internal resorption, external resorption of the canine and roots of adjacent teeth, shortening of the dental arch, and/or combinations of these conditions (Shafer et al., 1984). Root resorption of the adjacent permanent teeth is one of the most important and frequent complications. The results of several studies using computed tomography (CT) as a diagnostic method have shown that 48 per cent of ectopic canines caused root resorptions of varying severity (Ericson and Kurol, 2000b; Bjerklin and Ericson, 2006). It Root resorption associated with ectopically erupting maxillary permanent canines: a computed tomography study Pavlina Cernochova*, Petr Krupa** and Lydie Izakovicova-Holla*,*** *Clinic of Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine, **Clinic of Medical Imaging and Radiology, St. Anne’s University Hospital and ***Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masary