22Apr 2017

PALATALLY ERUPTED TWIN MAXILLARY MESIODENS: A CASE REPORT.

  • Post graduate Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, J.S.S. Dental College, Mysuru.
  • Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, J.S.S. Dental College, Mysuru.
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The most common type of supernumerary tooth is a mesiodens, which is located in the maxillary central incisor region. The prevalence of mesiodens varies between different racial groups and in the Indian population varies between 0.3% and 3.8% with a higher frequency in men than in women in the ration of 2:1. We report a case of a 12 year old child in the mixed dentition stage with two conical mesiodentes present palatal to 11 and 21 resulting in proclination of the maxillary central incisors and difficulty in speech. Following clinical and radiographic examination to assess the position of the mesiodente and its relation to the incisors, the supernumerary teeth were extracted under local anaesthesia.


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[Shruti Srinivasan and Bhojraj Nandlal. (2017); PALATALLY ERUPTED TWIN MAXILLARY MESIODENS: A CASE REPORT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Apr). 440-444] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr. Shruti Srinivasan
Post graduate Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, J.S.S. Dental College, Mysuru

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3829      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3829