Open AccessBilateral dens invaginatus in the mandibular premolars - Diagnosis and treatment
Author(s) -
Nupur Kharangate,
Nigel R Figueiredo,
Marina Fernandes,
Rajan Lambor
Publication year - 2015
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.161911
Subject(s) - dens invaginatus , medicine , dentistry , orthodontics , dental papilla , endodontics , endodontic therapy , mandibular lateral incisor , mandibular first molar , root canal , pulp (tooth) , molar , odontoblast
Dens invaginatus (DI) is a developmental anomaly that results from an infolding of the dental papilla during tooth development and simulates the appearance of a tooth within another tooth. It shows a wide spectrum of variations in morphology and usually affects the maxillary lateral incisors. This study presents an unusual case of an Oehlers' Type I DI involving the bilateral mandibular first and second premolars, which presented as an incidental radiographic finding in the first premolars and was associated with a periapical lesion in the second premolars which was successfully treated using nonsurgical endodontics.