Abstract
Unerupted permanent maxillary canines include normally erupting canines, those that are ectopic and canines that are impacted. The identification of permanent maxillary canines that are developing ectopically in the mid-late mixed dentition ensures that corrective treatment, usually involving extraction of the deciduous canines, is instituted promptly. The first part of this article discusses the normal eruption pathway, methods of localizing the permanent maxillary canine, when to suspect ectopy, monitoring developmentally normal canines and how to normalize the aberrant eruption pathway by extracting the deciduous canines and/or creating space in the buccal segments.