Professional paper
Supernumerary Teeth Associated with Third Molar Impaction: a Case Report
Ugur Meric
; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Turkey
Amila Brkić
; Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovinia
Nihan Aksakalli
; Institute of Oncology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul University - Çapa, Turkey
Vakur Olgac
; Institute of Oncology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul University - Çapa, Turkey
Abstract
The presence of multiple supernumerary teeth is not frequent, especially if it is not associated with cleidocranial dysplasia, cleft lip palate or syndromes, such as Gardner syndrome. An apparently healthy 22-year old female patient was referred for surgical extractions of impacted teeth. The panoramic radiographs disclosed impactions of maxillary and mandibular third molars with supernumerary teeth from both sides of maxilla. On the left side there was an unerupted distomolar at the end of the alveolar arch, while on the right side a well-circumscribed radiolucent formation suspicious to be a dentigerous cyst, was located between two supernumerary teeth, surrounding the crown of a third molar. However, after surgical extractions of the teeth and histopathological
evaluation of the sample, the diagnosis of hyperplastic dental follicle was made. The purpose of this report is to present a case of non-syndrome associated multiple supernumerary teeth, their potential involvement in pathological changes of soft tissue of dental follicle, and consequences of their presence for adjacent teeth.
Keywords
Tooth, Supernumerary; Molar, Third; Dental Sac; Dentigerous Cyst; Impaction
Hrčak ID:
55648
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Publication date:
18.6.2010.
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