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| Year : 2008 | Volume
: 26
| Issue : 5 | Page : 26-28 |
Double dens invaginatus in an impacted molariform supernumerary tooth: An unique case
RT Anegundi1, H Kaveri1, Shruthi B Patil1, A Punnya2
1 Department of Pediatric Dentistry, SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad - 580 009, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad - 580 009, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
R T Anegundi
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, SDM College of Dental Sciences, Dharwad - 580 009, Karnataka
India
PMID: 18974542
Dens invaginatus is a relatively rare developmental anomaly affecting usually the permanent maxillary lateral incisor. Various factors have been put forward regarding its pathogenesis. Involvement of crown/root has been reported as the coronal and radicular variety of dens invaginatus. One of the rarest variant is the Double dens invaginatus and only a few cases have been reported in the literature.This article focuses on a case of double dens invaginatus in an impacted maxillary anterior supernumerary tooth, the associated complications and its management
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