Maxillary canine transposition – A literature review with case report

Abstract

Tooth transposition is a severe disturbance of tooth eruptive position and their sequence, which involve certain teeth occurring at any of several specific sites in the mouth. Tooth transposition is of several types and their classification depends on the teeth involved. The review of literature aims to discuss the incidence and identifying factors related to occurrence of this dental anomaly. The present study aims to discuss about the prosthetic treatment of a patient with unilateral maxillary canine – lateral incisor transposition with the absence of permanent lateral incisor.

Keywords

• Ectopic eruption
• Permanent dentition
• Tooth agenesis
• Tooth transposition