Abstract

CAMARENA-FONSECA, Alexandra Rosy; ROSAS GONZALES, Edlar Joel; CRUZADO-PIMINCHUMO, Lizeth Mery  and  LINAN DURAN, Carlos. Métodos de diagnóstico imagenológico para optimizar el plan de tratamiento y pronóstico de caninos maxilares: Imaging diagnosis methods to optimize treatment planning and prognosis of maxillary canines. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2016, vol.26, n.4, pp.263-270. ISSN 1019-4355.

Maxillary canines are one of the most frequently impacted teeth in the dental arch, second only to thrid molars. Palatine impactations are more prevalent (85%) than buccal (15%). Although the incidence of impactations is about 1 in 100 in the general population, the ratio tends to be much higher in the orthodontic practicereaching 23.5%. It is important to define the canine anatomic characteristics, position, angulation and relation with the adyacent teeth and structures in the diagnostic phase. The first evaluation protocols were performed using bidimensional images, nevertheless, with the recent technological development, today we can count with tridimensional images that according to literature present advantages over traditional images. That is why protocols in tridimensional images are being developed. Unfortunately, all the available methods in different publications are scattered,so the purpose of this review was to compile scientific evidence related to the most widely used diagnosis methods of imaging assessment to optimize the treatment plan and prognosis of maxillary canine impactations.

Keywords : Tooth; impacted; cuspid; imaging; three-dimensional.

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