Open AccessConcomitant hypodontia and hyperdontia: A report of two cases
Author(s) -
Nitesh Tewari,
Ramesh Kumar Pandey,
Subash Singh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.208976
Subject(s) - hypodontia , medicine , supernumerary , concomitant , orthodontics , dentistry , dental anomalies , anodontia , surgery
"Concomitant hypodontia and hyperdontia" is a very rare dental anomaly of number, having a prevalence rate of 0.002%-3.1%. It describes the simultaneous presence of hypodontia or missing teeth and supernumerary teeth in the same individual. It represents the opposite forces of nature acting simultaneously. Two rare cases of this anomaly involving different jaws and a classification based on the literature review have been presented here.