Open AccessBilateral three-rooted primary lower molars
Author(s) -
Neeraja Ramamurthy,
Ila Srinivasan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.107449
Subject(s) - molar , medicine , mandibular second molar , dentistry , primary (astronomy) , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , orthodontics , mandibular first molar , biology , physics , botany , astronomy , genus
The dental literature contains a small number of reports of primary multi-rooted anomalies. Among these reports the majority are regarding three-rooted primary mandibular second molar anomalies. The presence of bilateral three-rooted primary mandibular first and second molars is uncommon. There have been no reports of three-rooted primary molars from India. Here, we present a case of an 8-year-old boy with bilateral three-rooted primary mandibular first and second molars