ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: The objective of this clinical case report is to describe the presence of bilateral fourth molars. The occurrence of supernumerary teeth (ST) is a relatively unusual dental anomaly. It is even more unusual to find patients with distomolar teeth also denominated fourth molar teeth. PRESENTATION OF THE CASE: This article describes a clinical case of a 24-year-old patient presenting with a maxillary fourth molar, who was diagnosed by dental x-ray, and surgical resolution of the case. CONCLUSION: Tooth extraction surgery was the clinical procedure chosen to treat the impacted tooth.
INTRODUÇÃO: O objetivo deste relato de caso clínico é descrever a presença de quarto molares bilaterais. A ocorrência de dentes supranumerários (ST) é uma anomalia dentária relativamente incomum. É ainda mais incomum encontrar pacientes com dentes distomolares também denominados dentes do quarto molar. APRESENTAÇÃO DO CASO: Este artigo descreve um caso clínico de um paciente de 24 anos que apresentava quarto molar superior, diagnosticado por radiografia dentária, e resolução cirúrgica do caso. CONCLUSÃO: A cirurgia de extração dentária foi o procedimento clínico escolhido para tratar o dente impactado.
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Surgery, Oral , Tooth Abnormalities , Tooth, Supernumerary , Case Reports , MolarABSTRACT
Panoramic radiographs of a female patients aged twenty one years without any associated syndromic or systemic medical history, revealed the presence of the two supernumerary molars, right upper and left lower fourth molars. Both the teeth were disto-molars. The right upper fourth molar had normal tooth morphology with regard to its crown and root but was slightly smaller than the existing third molars. The left lower disto-molar had somewhat different morphology as compared to adjacent third molar and smaller in size as compared to the fourth right upper disto-molar. Their crowns were tuberculated and both had single root (2D radiographic morphology).