Pre-maxillary hypo-hyperdontia: report of a rare case

Vol. 54 No. 2, 2013

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

S. V. S. G. Nirmala, S. K. Mallineni, S. Nuvvula

Agenesis of bilateral maxillary canines is very rare and mesiodens is a commonly occurring supernumerary tooth type. Concomitant occurrence of both hypodontia and hyperdontia is extremely rare and it is a condition of mixed numeric variation in the same individual. The reported prevalence of this condition ranges between 0.002% and 3.1%. The purpose of this case report is to describe a rare occurrence of hypo-hyperdontia involving agenesis of both maxillary canines, mesiodens and associated with taurodontism.

Corresponding author: Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni, BDS, MDS, PhD; e-mail: drmallineni@gmail.com

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