Open AccessTriple tooth in primary dentition: A proposed classification
Author(s) -
G Shilpa,
Sivakumar Nuvvula
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.114890
Subject(s) - dentition , maxillary lateral incisor , supernumerary , medicine , agenesis , lateral incisor , orthodontics , maxillary central incisor , dentistry , permanent dentition , mandibular lateral incisor , incisor , maxillary incisor , molar , anatomy , mandibular second molar
Triple teeth may result from fusion, gemination or concrescence causing transient esthetic and functional problems in primary dentition and retardation or alteration of development and eruption of permanent successors. We report an unusual case of a boy aged five with fusion among maxillary left primary central incisor, lateral incisor and a supernumerary tooth concomitant with agenesis of permanent lateral incisor. A review of literature on triple tooth was done along with a proposed classification of the triple teeth.