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Pretreatment extra-oral photographs
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F1
She had a straight profile with normal muscular activity [Figure 1].
(a) Pretreatment intra-oral photographs. Note the retained primary teeth and the clinical absence of the permanent teeth (b) Pretreatment study models
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F2
Intraoral clinical examination revealed a Class I molar relationship with retained primary canine teeth in second, third, and fourth quadrants [Figure 2a and b].
Pretreatment radiographs including the lateral cephalometric and panoramic films
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F3
Panoramic radiograph revealed [Figure 3] a missing mandibular right third molar while the other three third molar were bulbous and anomalous in shape.
Pretreatment upper and lower occlusal views
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F4
Periapical and occlusal views [Figures 4 and 5] confirmed the diagnosis of buccally impacted left maxillary and mandibular right canine (tube shift method) and intra-alveolarly impacted left mandibular canine.
Pretreatment periapical view (a) 22, 23 (b) 43, 44 (c) 34, 35 (d) 36, 37
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F5
Periapical and occlusal views [Figures 4 and 5] confirmed the diagnosis of buccally impacted left maxillary and mandibular right canine (tube shift method) and intra-alveolarly impacted left mandibular canine.