Impacted teeth are often diverted or angled from their normal path of eruption during development.As the root formation is completed and the apical portion of the tooth is closed, it loses the potential to errupt. Such a infraosseous position of the tooth after the expected time of eruption mostly wedged between the jaw and another tooth results in dental malocclusion with transverse maxillary deficiency. The maxillary canines are second most frequently impacted teeth after the mandibular third molar impactions. Retention of the primary canine beyond 14 to 15 years of age, absence of a normal labial canine bulge, asymmetry in the canine bulge, presence of a palatal bulge, delayed eruption, distal tipping, or the migration of the lateral incisor are the clinical signs of canine impaction.

 localization of an impacted tooth radiographically (3D CBCT image) helps to get proper access during surgical approach and application of orthodontic forces.