Multiple Supernumerary Teeth Associated With Missing Lateral Incisor In A Patient Who Was Treated For Cleft Lip And Palate: A Case Report
Published: December 1, 2010 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2010/.1019
RANGEETH B N*, JOYSON MOSES**, SANGEETHA DURAIVELU***
*MDS, Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics, Thai Moogambigai Dental College & Hospital; **MDS, Reader, Department of Pedodontics, Thai Moogambigai Dental College & Hospital; ***Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics, Thai Moogambigai Dental College & Hospital
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Dr. B.N. Rangeeth
3, Seetha Nagar Main Road
Nungambakkam
Chennai – 60034
Tamil Nadu
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Multiple supernumerary teeth are usually associated with syndromes and non-syndromic ones are rare. Anomalies in the dentition are usually seen in patients with cleft lip and palate, and literature reports on a combination of the anomalies are rare. This rare case report aims to highlight the association of unerupted supernumerary teeth which were associated with a missing lateral incisor in a patient who had undergone surgical correction for cleft lip and palate during the first and second years after birth.
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