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01-04-2017 | Commentary

Agenesis or late maturity of primary canines?

Authors: I. Kjaer, J. Daugaard-Jensen

Published in: European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry | Issue 2/2017

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The December 2016 issue of European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry contained a short communication (Anthonappa and King 2016) demonstrating the dentition of a 4-year-old Chinese female whose primary canines were unerupted. From the orthopantomogram shown in the article, four canines which were not erupted had approximately a half-sized root length. According to the textbook Paediatric Dentistry‐A Clinical Approach by Koch and Poulsen (2009), the average age of a child with a half-sized primary canine is 1½ years, while the age of a child with a half-sized permanent canine is approximately 8 years. …

Anthonappa RP, King NM. Hypodontia of all primary canines. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent. 2016;17(6):485–7. doi:10.1007/s40368-016-0259-3.CrossRefPubMed

Daugaard S, Christensen IJ, Kjær I. Delayed dental maturity in dentitions with agenesis of mandibular second premolars. Orthod Craniofac Res. 2010;13:191–6.CrossRefPubMed

Koch G, Poulsen S. Paediatric dentistry—a clinical approach, vol. 2. New York: Wiley; 2009. p. 188.

Title: Agenesis or late maturity of primary canines?
Authors: I. Kjaer
J. Daugaard-Jensen
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1818-6300
Electronic ISSN: 1996-9805
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40368-017-0276-x

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