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Mandibular lateral incisor‐canine transposition associated with dental anomalies
Author(s) -
Kansu Ozden,
Avcu Nihal
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.20136
Subject(s) - transposition (logic) , medicine , mandibular lateral incisor , mandibular canine , lateral incisor , incisor , dental anomalies , etiology , maxillary canine , agenesis , orthodontics , dentistry , anatomy , maxillary central incisor , pathology , philosophy , linguistics , molar , mandibular second molar
Abstract Tooth transposition is a rare positional anomaly that may create many orthodontic problems. Its etiology is an enigma. The occurrence of mandibular canine/lateral incisor transposition is a relatively rare anomaly. Two rooted canine/rotated incisor transposition has not been reported previously in the clinical dental literature. We describe a case with transposition of a mandibular two rooted canine and a lateral incisor with 180° rotation. Possible causes such as trauma and tooth agenesis were absent in this case. Due to the root anomaly, we consider that our case may have a genetic etiology. Although the mandibular lateral incisor and canine were not in their normal anatomic positions, there were no functional or esthetic problems. Clin. Anat. 18:446–448, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.