Triple and Double Teeth in the Same Quadrant: Report of a Rare Case with Literature Review
Author(s) -
Nagaveni NB,
Sneha Yadav,
Dhanya Sanalkumar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of dentistry and orofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2470-9735
DOI - 10.19104/jdos.2016.117
Subject(s) - quadrant (abdomen) , dentistry , medicine , pathology
Variations in normal tooth, anatomy of primary teeth are rarely encountered during clinical practice. Occurrence of triple teeth (fusion among three teeth) and double teeth (fusion between two teeth) in the same quadrant of the patient is not reported so far. The aim of this paper is to report such a rare condition where both triple and double teeth occurred in the mandibular anterior region of the male patient. In addition the article briefly reviews the literature pertaining to this rare anomaly.
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