Buccally malposed canines in Yemen

Abstract EN

The prevalence of buccally malposed canines of Yemenis was estimated in Yemen by intra-oral visual examination of 192 young adult subjects (118 males and 74 females).

Their mean age was 20.9 years.

73 subjects of the whole sample had normal occlusion, while the rest had different classes of Angle’s classification of malocclusion.

Unexpectedly, the prevalence of the mandibular buccally malposed canine (8.9 %) was higher than the maxillary buccally malposed canine (5.2 %).

Generally, buccally malposed canines were found higher in females than in males and mostly seen in class l Angle’s classification.