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Bilateral fusion of mandibular second premolar and supernumerary tooth: A rare case report

Fusion is the union of two normally separated tooth germs resulting in the formation of a single large tooth. The prevalence of this anomaly is less than 1% and most common in the primary dentition, in the incisor-canine region. Fusions are almost always unilateral, but few cases of bilateral fusion...

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Autores principales: Muthukumar, R Sathish, Arunkumar, Sandhya, Sadasiva, Kadandale
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22434949
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.92990
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Sumario:Fusion is the union of two normally separated tooth germs resulting in the formation of a single large tooth. The prevalence of this anomaly is less than 1% and most common in the primary dentition, in the incisor-canine region. Fusions are almost always unilateral, but few cases of bilateral fusions have been reported. The purpose of this article is to report a rare case of bilateral fusion of mandibular second premolar with supernumerary tooth.