In recent years, the study of planting technology has received extensive attention and has achieved remarkable results at present. For example, implants are used to restore missing teeth and microimplants are used to adduct anterior teeth with large absolute anchorage to achieve satisfactory orthodontic treatment. However, in clinical practice, whether in the process of restorative treatment or orthodontic treatment, due to the existence of nasopalatine canal, an important bony tubular structure, it increases the risk of implant failure in anterior maxilla implant therapy; it also increases the risk of root resorption caused by excessive anterior adduction and root invasion of nasopalatine canal during orthodontic treatment[1] . Based on this, this paper systematically combs, summarizes and reviews the research status of the nasopalatine canal and its position with the central incisors in recent years in order to provide reference and enlightenment for subsequent researchers.

Wanyu Zhu, Jie Yang, Jing Nie. Research progress on nasopalatine canal type and its relationship with central incisor position. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 1: 81-85. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2023.050115.

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