Could idiopathic osteosclerosis have correlations with palatally impacted maxillary canines?

AIM: To investigate the association between palatally impacted maxillary canines (PIC) and idiopathic osteosclerosis. METHODS: A sample of 54 subjects (28 females and 26 males, mean age of 12.98±1.59 years) with PIC was selected from the records of 1,650 orthodontic patients treated at the Discipline of Orthodontics clinics at the Dental School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), in Curitiba, PR, Brazil. A control group of 54 subjects with normally erupted canines was also selected from the same files (mean age of 12.93±1.58 years). Panoramic, lateral skull, postero-ant...