Impacted canine teeth

These unerupted or partially erupted teeth cannot fully erupt due to lack of space (crowding), conflicting position (another tooth has erupted over that position) or ankylosis (roots of the impacted tooth fuse to the bone and can not move).

If indicated Dr. Hoffmeyer can remove the tooth and perform bone grafting.

Another option is to uncover the tooth and glue an orthodontic bracket on for movement.

The canine is uncovered
A orthodontic bracket is attached