Impacted mandibular permanent incisors related to supernumerary teeth: a rare condition

Pediatr Dent. 2012 Jan-Feb;34(1):70-3.

Abstract

Supernumerary permanent teeth in the mandibular incisor area are rare, and there are very few reported cases of the supernumerary teeth in the mandibular incisor area leading to impaction of incisors. A south Indian boy aged 14 presented with 3 supernumerary teeth in the mandibular right permanent incisor area resulting in impacted permanent central and lateral incisors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Humans
  • Incisor / pathology*
  • Male
  • Mandible
  • Orthodontics, Corrective
  • Tooth Extraction
  • Tooth, Impacted / etiology*
  • Tooth, Supernumerary / complications*
  • Tooth, Supernumerary / surgery