Some notes on vertiprep

Be wary of performing irreversible procedures on patient justified just because they think they won't undergo elective procedures in the future. They could win the lottery the next day and suddenly they have no tooth left to work on. Start conservative and don't jump to irreversible treatment unless there is an overriding reason (they're absolutely sick of the condition of a tooth and want it out/ are going away for a long time and will not have access to a dentist. If their dental issue is a minor inconvenience e.g extra cleaning for food packing, then they can live with it until they are ready to extract or can afford more pricier treatment e.g ortho.

Extraction of a lateral instead of a palatally placed canine to stop food packing is preferrable as the canine is harder to extract and will last for life and the canine can be odontoplastied to blend in as a lateral.