Morphometric analysis of the palatal shape and arch dimension in subjects with buccally displaced canine.

Objectives: To analyse morphological variations of the palate shape and maxillary arch dimension between a group of subjects with unilaterally or bilaterally buccally impacted maxillary canines and a control group (CG) by means of 3D geometric morphometric (GMM).

Materials: Pre-treatment records of 50 subjects (16 males and 34 females; mean age 13.9 years ± 1.