Clinical tip: Replacement of a congenital missing canine

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DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Sep 17, 2025

In this clinical tip (lasting just over 23 minutes), Dr. Farhad Boltchi from CDOCS discusses how he treated a case in which a patient presented with a congenital missing canine (tooth #6).

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