Surgical Management of Ectopic Third Molar in the Mandibular Sub condylar Region without a Pathological Cause: A Case Report

Ectopic third molar teeth are those that are impacted in unusual positions or that have been displaced and are at a distance from their normal anatomic location [1]. It is common have to ectopic eruption of a tooth within the oral cavity but rare in other sites of the jaw [2]. Reports are present with teeth eruption in the nasal septum, ascending ramus of mandible, mandibular condyle, and lower border of mandible, coronoid process, sigmoid notch, palate and maxillary sinus [1-3]. Unilateral as well as bilateral ectopic impacted third molar teeth have been reported in various parts of the mandibular ramus [4].