Prevalence of Canine Impaction in a Selected Sample of Sulaimani City Population

A tooth with delayed eruption or not exposing to erupt is called impacted tooth. Third molars, maxillary canines, maxillary and mandibular premolars, and maxillary central incisors are the teeth most frequently involved. The impacted tooth makes many problems to orthodontic treatment. When impacted canine is identified early, extraction of the deciduous canines may allow the impacted canines to correct their paths of eruption and erupt into the mouth in relatively good alignment. Methodology: the panoramic radiographs of 1050 patients (441male and 609female) aged from 15to 25 years, who attended the x- ray department of Shorish dental center for radiographic examination from 1st January 2014 to 1st Oct 2015. The data analysis was done by statistical software named SPSS version 17. Result: A total of 1050 patients, 73 cases (6.95%) had impacted canines (27 males and 46 females). There was high significant relation (P<0.001) of the prevalence of impacted canine and the dental arches; higher prevalence in the upper arch than the lower (6.29% vs. 0.66%).