## 3 Results  
CBCT scans of 169 subjects were evaluated for impacted maxillary canines, as shown in Table 1. The sample consisted of 71 males and 98 females with a mean age of 20.34 \(\pm\) 8.9 and 19.65 \(\pm\) 9.6 years, respectively. In this total sample, 204 impacted maxillary canines were present, which caused resorption in 218 adjacent teeth. Around 54 (40%) males and 80 (60%) females, a total of 134 patients, had unilateral impaction. Around eight (23%) males and twenty-seven (77%) females, a total of thirty-five patients, had bilateral impactions. In 94 patients, the impaction was on the left side, with 42 (44.7%) in males and 52 (55.3%) in females. Impaction on the right side was present in 110 patients, with 50 (45.45%) in males and 60 (54.55%) in females. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) found a high correlation (\(>\)0.8) between two sets of readings. No statistical difference was found in two sets of readings (\(p\) > 0.05). The resorbed teeth comprised of 38 (17.4%) central incisors, 162 (74.3%) lateral incisors, 16 (7.3%) first premolars, and two (0.9%) first permanent molars, as shown in Table 2. Maximum root resorption was present in the apical one-third (63.3%) of the affected teeth. Apical and middle one-third showed 12% root resorption, middle one-third 9.7%, middle \begin{table}
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**Variable** & **Male** & **Female** & **Total** \\ \hline Patients & 71 (42\%) & 98 (58\%) & 169 (100\%) \\ \hline Age (years) & 20.34 \(\pm\) 8.9 & 19.65 \(\pm\) 9.6 & 20.64 \(\pm\) 9.81 \\ \hline Unilateral impaction & 54 (40\%) & 80 (60\%) & 134 (100\%) \\ \hline Bilateral impaction & 8 (23\%) & 27 (77\%) & 35 (100\%) \\ \hline Left side & 42 (44.7\%) & 52 (55.3\%) & 94 (100\%) \\ \hline Right side & 50 (45.45\%) & 60 (54.55\%) & 110 (100\%) \\ \hline Total impacted & \multirow{2}{*}{92 (45\%)} & \multirow{2}{*}{112 (55\%)} & \multirow{2}{*}{204 (100\%)} \\ \(\text{canines}\) & & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 1: Patient’s descriptive data regarding age, gender, and features of maxillary canine impaction. and cervical one-third 6.8%, cervical one-third 5%, and apical, middle, and cervical one-third showed 3.2%. All the root surfaces were involved in resorption. Maximum root resorption was in relation to the palatal surface (37.6%), followed by the distal (14.7%), mesial (11%), buccal (10%), distopalatal (9.7%), distobuccal (7.3%), and mesibubuccal (1.8%) surfaces, as shown in Table 3. In terms of severity or degree of root resorption, 55% of the affected teeth had slight resorption, 10% had moderate, and 35% had severe resorption, as shown in Table 4. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Affected Tooth**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Degree of Resorption (Number)**} \\ \cline{2-5}  & **Slight** & **Moderate** & **Severe** & **Total (\%)** \\ \hline Central Incisor & 20 & 3 & 15 & 38 (17.4\%) \\ \hline Lateral Incisor & 90 & 16 & 56 & 162 (74.3\%) \\ \hline First premolar & 10 & 2 & 4 & 16 (7.3\%) \\ \hline First molar & 0 & 1 & 1 & 2 (0.9\%) \\ \hline Total & 120 (55\%) & 22 (10\%) & 76 (35\%) & 218 (100\%) \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: Severity or degree of root resorption of the affected tooth. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Affected Teeeth**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Location of Root Resorption in Relation to the Root Level (Number)**} \\ \cline{2-10}  & **Apical** & **Apical \& Middle** & **Middle** & **\& **Acervical** & **All** & **Surfaces** & **Total (\%)** \\ \hline Central Incisor & 26 & 4 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 38 (17.4\%) \\ \hline Lateral Incisor & 102 & 20 & 15 & 12 & 8 & 5 & 162 (74.3\%) \\ \hline First premolar & 10 & 2 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 16 (7.3\%) \\ \hline First molars & 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 2 (0.9\%) \\ \hline Total & 138 (63.3\%) & 26 (12\%) & 21 (9.7\%) & 15 (6.8\%) & 11 (5\%) & 7 (3.2\%) & 218 (100\%) \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Location of root resorption of the affected tooth in relation to the root level.