Kalyani P, MP Santhosh Kumar. Prevalence Of Impacted Canines Among Dental Patients - A Retrospective Study. Int J Dentistry Oral Sci. 2021;8(8):4059-4064. 4059 OPEN ACCESS https://scidoc.org/IJDOS.php Prevalence Of Impacted Canines Among Dental Patients - A Retrospective Study Research Article International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Science (IJDOS) ISSN: 2377-8075 *Corresponding Author: MP Santhosh Kumar, Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences(SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, Tamil Nadu, India. Tel: +919994892022 E-mail: santhoshkumar@saveetha.com Received: July 30, 2021 Accepted: August 11, 2021 Published: August 18, 2021 Citation: Kalyani P, MP Santhosh Kumar. Prevalence Of Impacted Canines Among Dental Patients - A Retrospective Study. Int J Dentistry Oral Sci. 2021;8(8):4059-4064. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.19070/2377-8075-21000829 Copyright: MP Santhosh Kumar © 2021. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Kalyani P 1 , MP Santhosh Kumar 2* 1 Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences(SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, Tamil Nadu, India. 2 Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences(SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, Tamil Nadu, India. Introduction An impacted tooth is one whose eruption has been delayed con- siderably and there is suffcient evidence both radiographically and clinically to confrm that the tooth will not erupt to a func- tional occlusion in the near future. Impaction of permanent teeth is a common phenomenon with mandibular and maxillary third molar being the most frequently impacted of all. Maxillary canines are one of the common teeth to be impacted next to third molars. The etiology of such impacted canines is governed by a number of factors, that can be either local or genet- ic, posing a hereditary infuence [1, 2]. The local governing factors include crowding, dilaceration, abnormal position of tooth bud, cystic formation, early loss or prolonged retention of deciduous canines or iatrogenic position of adjacent teeth into the canine's pathway. Another commonly discussed etiology is the path of canine eruption, which is quite long and tortuous, starting from its site of formation lateral to piriform fossa to its fnal position in the arch [3, 4]. The position of such impacted canines can be buccal or palatal or in arch. Mandibular canines are less frequently impacted than maxillary canines. The incidence and prevalence of canine impactions have been studied in different populations by different authors and signif- icant differences have been observed [3-5]. A difference in the position of impacted canines has also been observed. In a study by C Mason et al., [6], out of 100 patients with impacted canines that they observed, 33% were bilateral and 33% were palatally placed. As a continuum of this, Shellhart et al., [7] has given a case report of bilaterally impacted maxillary canines leading to signifcant amounts of root resorption of maxillary lateral inci- sors. Observing the population based study of canine impactions, U Aydin et al., [7, 8] have done a study in which 4500 panoramic Abstract Impacted canines are those teeth which fail to erupt to their normal position in the arch and do not display any radiographic or clinical evidence of spontaneous eruption beyond chronological age. Maxillary canines are the third most common teeth to be impacted in the permanent dentition. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of impacted canines among dental patients. The retrospective study involved analysis of case records of patients with impacted canines and assessment was based on the following parameters: Age, gender, and quadrant of impaction. Using SPSS Version 20.0, categorical vari- ables were expressed as frequency and percentage, continuous variables as mean and SD; and Chi-square test was used to determine the association between categorical variables. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically signifcant. The sample size of the study was 54. Highest prevalence of canine impactions was observed in males (51.9%). According to the age group, impacted canines were most prevalent in the age group of 21-30 years (31.48%) and in the 2nd quadrant (38.9%). The as- sociation between gender and quadrant of impaction was statistically signifcant with p-value 0.03. According to our study it can be concluded that in the South Indian population, the maxillary canine impactions were more prevalent than mandibular canine impactions. Males reportedly had higher prevalence of canine impactions than females and in the age group of 21-30 years. A signifcant association between gender and quadrant of canine impaction has been observed with higher prevalence of impactions of canine in the 2nd quadrant in case of females and in the 1st quadrant in case of males. Keywords: Age; Canines; Gender; Impacted Teeth; Prevalence.