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Smile Dental Journal. 2014; 9 (3): 32-34
in English
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ABSTRACT
Supernumerary teeth [SNT] may occur any region of both the arches and both dentitions. Mesiodens is the common type of [SNT], occur in pre-maxillary region. Supernumerary teeth cause a range of complications like crowding, impaction, rotations, displacement, cyst formation and etc. Dens invaginatus is a developmental anomaly resulting in an invagination of pulp into enamel and dentin prior to calcification of the dental tissues. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe a case of premolariform mesiodens caused impaction and resorption of central incisor. The radiographic and histological examination of dilocerated SNT showed evidence of dens invaginatus