Mendonça, Marcos Rogério de [UNESP]Goncales Verri, Ana Caroline [UNESP]Martins, Lidia Pimenta [UNESP]Fabre, Aubrey Fernando [UNESP]Cuoghi, Osmar Aparecido [UNESP]2013-09-302014-05-202013-09-302014-05-202012-01-01Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, v. 23, n. 1, p. E16-E19, 2012.1049-2275http://hdl.handle.net/11449/15489Impaction of maxillary canines can be prevented by early intervention in the mixed dentition phase after the correct diagnosis of malocclusion, reducing the complexity of the treatment. This article reports the case of a 10-year-old patient who possessed impacted maxillary canines and, after early extraction of primary canines, had reestablished favorable permanent successors' eruption axis. This 5-year radiographic follow-up study with panoramic radiography shows that this can be used in practice and that an effective control strategy ensures the accuracy in the inclination of the impacted canines. Treatment success is related to early diagnosis and strategic interceptive treatment choice.E16-E19engInterceptive orthodonticsmixed dentitionpanoramic radiographyunerupted toothArtigo10.1097/SCS.0b013e31824207bbWOS:000300234900008Acesso restrito85688140085463171245541242013543