Materials and methods: In present study 10-year records (2012 to 2021) of 4000 panoramic radiographs were obtained from the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Mookambika Institute of Dental Sciences (SMIDS), Kanyakumari. From the data collected, 442 patients` panoramic radiographs fulfilled the inclusion criteria and 627 impactions were detected and classified accordingly. The obtained results were tabulated and statistically analyzed.

Results: A total of 627 impactions were found with 15.7% prevalence. Males had the higher number of impacted teeth than females with a small margin. Mandibular third molar (69.26%) was found to be the most commonly impacted teeth followed by canine (14.8%), maxillary third molar (9.39%), premolar (3.0%), supernumerary (2.1%) and incisors (1%). Horizontal pattern (69.9%) was the most commonly reported impaction of mandibular third molar. In maxilla, vertical impaction (63%) was the most common pattern. The results also revealed that higher portion of impacted teeth lies in mandible (78.3%) than in maxilla (21.6%).