MULTIPLE BILATERAL DENS-IN-DENTE INVOLVING ALL THE PREMOLARS - CASE-REPORT

KARACA İ. R., TOLLER M.

AUSTRALIAN DENTAL JOURNAL, vol.37, no.6, pp.449-452, 1992 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 1992
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1992.tb05900.x
  • Journal Name: AUSTRALIAN DENTAL JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.449-452
  • Keywords: CASE REPORT, DEEP FORAMEN CECUM, DENS-IN-DENTE, DENS-INVAGINATUS, DILATED COMPOSITE ODONTOMA
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Dens in dente, also known as dens invaginatus, dilated composite odontoma or deep foramen caecum, is a developmental malformation which usually affects maxillary incisor teeth, particularly lateral incisors. It may occur, however, in teeth anywhere within the jaws but other locations are comparatively rare. It can occur within both the crown and the root, although crown invaginations are more common. In this paper a case of multiple bilateral dens in dente involving maxillary and mandibular premolars is presented.