Impacted cuspids, palatal or labial, present complications in our routine treatment sequence. The exact treatment mechanics vary significantly with each individual case. This case history will present one version of treatment mechanics for management of a palatally impacted cuspid. Unfortunately, impacted canines most always increase our active treatment time. Their movement is unpredictable resulting in indeterminable time sequencing. Therefore, it is difficult to say how long each individual step will take, but the basic mechanics for alignment will remain consistent until the cuspids are in the arch.
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