Odontomas are the most common type of odontogenic tumors. They are considered to be developmental anomalies (Hamartomas) rather than true neoplasms. This is a case report of complex composite odontoma in a 14 year old girl, which resulted in failure of eruption of permanent upper right lateral incisor and canine while the contralateral teeth had erupted. A calcified mass was seen in the radiogr...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine the radiographic features associated with impacted premaxillary supernumerary teeth, to determine the relationship between their characteristics and their effects on permanent incisors, and to investigate the types of orthodontic treatment that patients received after the extraction of impacted supernumerary teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS The clinica...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of the present study were to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of supernumerary teeth in a patient sample of Nepalese children. STUDY DESIGN A survey was performed on 2684 patients (1829 females and 1035 males) ranging in age from 6 to 14 for the presence of supernumerary teeth. For each patient with supernumerary teeth the demographic variables (age and ...

In this article, we describe the autotransplantation of a supplemental premolar to replace an extracted first permanent molar in a 12-year-old boy. Although the end results are not ideal due to the small size of the donor tooth, the esthetics and function of the dental arch are partly restored using a natural tooth rather than a prosthesis. This case report illustrates the usefulness of autotra...

A case is presented of a nine-year-old male having a supernumerary maxillary right first primary molar together with a supernumerary maxillary right first premolar. The implications of early diagnosis and orthodontic management are discussed. The occurrence of supernumerary teeth in both the primary and permanent dentitions in the same patient seems to be rare. A review of the literature (inclu...

Anomaly in the number of teeth may manifest as a supernumerary tooth. Occurrence of a supernumerary tooth in the mandibular incisor region is uncommon. This report presents a rare case of five mandibular permanent incisors in a nine year old non-syndrome healthy male child. Clinical and radiographic examination revealed the presence of a supplemental (type of supernumerary) permanent incisor in...

An unerupted supernumerary tooth was attached to the root surface of an unerupted permanent lateral incisor. It was necessary to remove both the supernumerary and the permanent lateral incisor as a single unit. The permanent lateral incisor was separated from the supernumerary and placed back into the original developmental crypt. The replanted lateral incisor erupted normally one year later. W...