the dilated odontoma is an infrequent developmental alteration that appears in any area of the dental arches and can affect deciduous, permanent and supernumerary tooth. dens invaginatus is a developmental anomaly resulting from invagination of a portion of crown forming within the enamel organ during odontogenesis. the most extreme form of dens invaginatus is known as dilated odontoma. the aim...

This case shows an excellent esthetic treatment outcome using implant-retained crowns replacing maxillary laterals and canines in hypodontia patient with unusual incidence of spontaneous diastema closure after the placement of implants. To our knowledge, this is the first case report showing maxillary midline diastema closure after implant placement.

Abnormalities of tooth shape and size generally coexist, as both are determined during the morphodifferentiation stage of odontogenesis. This report describes a case of lobodontia exhibiting multiple dental anomalies of which, "fang like" cuspids, multituberculism of molars, hypodontia along with severe generalized microdontia are distinctive. Radiographic features, diagnostic convolutions, dif...

RELATED TO DENTAL DEFECTS CAUSING TOOTH LOSS Tooth agenesis is the most prevalent craniofacial congenital malformation in humans. Up to 25% of the population may lose at least one third molar. Agenesis of other permanent teeth, excluding third molars, ranges from 1.6 to 9.6%, depending on the population studied. Primary dentition may also be affected, but with lower prevalence (from 0.5 to 0.9%...