<prompt> The most common cause of maxillary central incisor tobe in cross-bite isPremature exfoliation of deciduous maxillary central incisorsProlonged retention of deciduous maxillary central incisorsHigh labial frenumEarly loss of deciduous mandibular  <response>: Which ever deciduous tooth may be retained beyond the usual eruption age of their permanent successor, is capable of causing:i. Buccallabial or palatallingual deflection in its path of eruption; ii. Impaction of the permanent tooth. Space occupied by the deciduous canine is less than the mesiodistal width of the permanent canines.iii. The premolars might migrate mesially leaving limited space for the canines to erupt.iv. It has the longest path of eruption.v. Controversially, as it may seem, it is the only tooth to erupt after root completion.TEXTBOOK OF ORTHODONTICS Gurkeerat singh Ed 2nd P:197 