Rare association of dens invaginatus with impacted mesiodens – A case report

Mesiodens is a supernumerary tooth occupying the position in the maxillary anterior region. This additional tooth structure may cause disturbance in eruption or position of the adjacent teeth. About 8–25% of supernumerary teeth in the anterior region erupt spontaneously. Un-erupted supernumerary tee...

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Main Authors: Prashant B. Patil, Smitha G. Chaudhari, Ankit Goel, Pooja Agarwal
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-05-01
Series:Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
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Ankit Goel
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description Mesiodens is a supernumerary tooth occupying the position in the maxillary anterior region. This additional tooth structure may cause disturbance in eruption or position of the adjacent teeth. About 8–25% of supernumerary teeth in the anterior region erupt spontaneously. Un-erupted supernumerary teeth are incidentally identified on a routine radiographic examination. Dens invaginatus is a rare tooth malformation showing an in-folding of enamel and dentine of affected tooth sometimes extending deep into the pulp cavity and the root portion. We report a case of un-erupted mesiodens causing midline diastema of permanent teeth subsequently corrected following extraction of mesiodens. Dens invaginatus was identified affecting the un-erupted mesiodens.It is rare to find dens invaginatus associated with a supernumerary tooth and only 10 such instances of dens invaginatus affecting supernumerary teeth have been reported in the English literature.
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spelling doaj-art-c8b577eeb98344c58a6c1eedf7326bd22025-08-20T02:50:26ZengElsevierJournal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research2212-42682012-05-012213814010.1016/j.jobcr.2012.05.003Rare association of dens invaginatus with impacted mesiodens – A case reportPrashant B. Patil0Smitha G. Chaudhari1Ankit Goel2Pooja Agarwal3Professor, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Subharti Dental College, NH – 58, Subhartipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 250 002, India; Corresponding author. Tel.: +91 9639924369.Post Graduate Student, Dept. of Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Subharti Dental College, NH – 58, Subhartipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 250 002, IndiaPost Graduate Student, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Subharti Dental College, NH – 58, Subhartipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 250 002, IndiaSenior Lecturer, Dept. of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Subharti Dental College, NH – 58, Subhartipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 250 002, IndiaMesiodens is a supernumerary tooth occupying the position in the maxillary anterior region. This additional tooth structure may cause disturbance in eruption or position of the adjacent teeth. About 8–25% of supernumerary teeth in the anterior region erupt spontaneously. Un-erupted supernumerary teeth are incidentally identified on a routine radiographic examination. Dens invaginatus is a rare tooth malformation showing an in-folding of enamel and dentine of affected tooth sometimes extending deep into the pulp cavity and the root portion. We report a case of un-erupted mesiodens causing midline diastema of permanent teeth subsequently corrected following extraction of mesiodens. Dens invaginatus was identified affecting the un-erupted mesiodens.It is rare to find dens invaginatus associated with a supernumerary tooth and only 10 such instances of dens invaginatus affecting supernumerary teeth have been reported in the English literature.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426812000188Supernumerary toothMesiodensDens invaginatusDental anomaly
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Rare association of dens invaginatus with impacted mesiodens – A case report
Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
Supernumerary tooth
Mesiodens
Dens invaginatus
Dental anomaly
title Rare association of dens invaginatus with impacted mesiodens – A case report
title_full Rare association of dens invaginatus with impacted mesiodens – A case report
title_fullStr Rare association of dens invaginatus with impacted mesiodens – A case report
title_full_unstemmed Rare association of dens invaginatus with impacted mesiodens – A case report
title_short Rare association of dens invaginatus with impacted mesiodens – A case report
title_sort rare association of dens invaginatus with impacted mesiodens a case report
topic Supernumerary tooth
Mesiodens
Dens invaginatus
Dental anomaly
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426812000188
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