BACKGROUND The formation of dental tissues is a highly delicate and complex phenomenon. Any alteration in this process leads to various dental anomalies which affect the tooth number, size, shape and structure. Supernumerary teeth are one such anomaly which affects the tooth number. Supernumerary teeth can give rise to various complications and pathologies or they may have a familial / syndromi...

The occurrence of dental abnormalities affecting both the primary and permanent dentition in children with oral clefts has been well documented.1-5 These abnormalities can be in the number, morphology, or eruption pattern of the teeth and are more frequent in children with clefts than in children without clefts.1 Specifically, both supernumerary and fused teeth have been shown to occur with gre...

Nonsyndromic familial hyperdontia/supernumerary teeth is a rare disorder of odontogenesis characterized by an excess number of teeth with familial background. They can be supplemental (resembling natural teeth), conical, tuberculate or molariform. Early clinical and radiographic examination of the supernumerary teeth allow for optimal yet minimal treatment. This article reports two rare cases o...

A very rare case of bilateral supernumerary teeth in the maxillary canine region and its management through a 3-step-conservative approach and 5-year-follow up is presented in this report. A 7-year-old Caucasian boy presented with 2 erupted supernumerary primary maxillary canines (53s and 63s) and two unerupted supernumerary permanent maxillary canines (13s and 23s). The treatment was carried o...

BACKGROUND Supernumerary teeth are developmental anomaly. There are various theories explaining their occurrence. Maxilla is more commonly affected and males have higher predilection than females for having supernumerary teeth. CASE DETAILS The present case is presented with three permanent central incisors, all of them with normal morphology. On clinical and radiographic examination, it was ...

Human growth and development of dentition generally follows an orderly pattern of an eruption sequence of primary dentition of 20 teeth, followed by an interim time of mixed dentition and concluding with 32 permanent teeth. The literature is rich with descriptions of variation of this pattern largely based on addition or deletion of the genetic code which may include geographic isolation and or...

BACKGROUND Hyperdontia is a disorder of odontogenesis characterised by excess teeth. Many complications can be associated with supernumerary teeth, such as crowding, tooth displacement, diastema, deep caries, retention or impaction, delayed eruption or ectopic eruption of adjacent teeth, aesthetic problems, neuralgic manifestations, root resorption of adjacent teeth, and dentigerous cyst format...

Dentigerous cysts are the most common odontogenic cysts of the jaws. The dentigerous cyst arise from around the crown of impacted, embedded, or unerupted teeth. Most often they involve mandibular third molars followed by maxillary canines, maxillary third molars.The main reason of dentigerous cyst is unknown but it rarely occurs around a supernumerary tooth. Only 5% of dentigerous cysts involve...