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Abstract

Introduction: Intercanine and intermolar width are key measurements fordiagnosis and orthodontic treatment planning. The aim of current study was to determine themean maxillary intercanine arch width (ICW) of untreated normal arch Pakistani patients and tocompare it with other populations. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Orthodonticdepartment, Faisalabad Medical University. Period: 1/12/2016 to 1/11/2017. Materialand Methods: ICW measurements on dental casts of 60 normal occlusion patients. ICW wasmeasured using digital caliper between the maxillary canine cusp tips. The Non probabilityconsecutive sampling technique was used in this study. All the data collected was analyzeby using SPSS software (version 21.0.0). Results: In our study the mean age of the patientswas 19.11±3.13 years. The mean value of maxillary ICW of the normal occlusion orthodonticpatients was 35.21±3.31 mm. Conclusion: Our study results concluded that well alignedarches and ideal occlusions can be achieved in Pakistanis with maxillary intercanine width asnarrow as 35.21±3.31 mm.