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vacuolization in the sameregions of the four mandibular premolars. These appearto be due to dens in dente occurring within the teeth. Conventional endodontic treatment was performed on the three nonvital teeth. Howard Banner, D.D.S.
301 Hoosick St. Troy, N. Y. 12180
EMBEDDED AND IMPACTED TEETH
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20-year-old Caucasian man, who reported to the Hospital Dental Clinic for an incoming physical examination, was noted on clinical examination to have some permanent teeth missing. A routine Panorexfilm revealedan impacted maxillary third molar, the
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maxillary right cuspid, and the mandibular left first premolar on top of a supernumerary molar. Above the impacted first premolar there was also a microdont tooth. This case is reported becauseof the triple-header mentgeno-oddity in the mandibular left quadrant. Andrew S. Scott, Lieutenant Colonel,
USAF (DC)
Assistant Chairman, Dept. of Oral Surgery David Grant USAF Medical Center Travis AFB, Calif. 94535 AN UNUSUAL RADIOGRAPHIC DENSITY
A 47-year-old white manwas seenin consultation by the Departmentof Oral Surgery at the University of North Carolina in August, 1975, for evaluation regarding full-mouth tooth extraction. His medical history was unremarkable, and his dental history showed a lifetime of poor oral hygiene and dental care, with multiple extractions in “years past” but no recent extractions. A Panorex x-ray film revealed multiple carious teeth with an impacted maxillary right cuspid. Of greaterinterest, however, was a linear density of 3 by 25 mm. following the crest of the right mandibular alveolar ridge. Clinical examination was unremarkablein this area. At the time of surgery this density was shown to be tooth roots lying beneaththe soft tissues, easily removed after an incision in this area. Jerry E. Patterson, D.D.S., M.D.,
Associate Professor,E. Gary Crawford, D.D.S., Senior Resident, School of Dentistry University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514
Roentgeno-oddities
vacuolization in the sameregions of the four mandibular premolars. These appearto be due to dens in dente occurring within the teeth. Conventional endodontic treatment was performed on the three nonvital teeth. Howard Banner, D.D.S.
301 Hoosick St. Troy, N. Y. 12180
EMBEDDED AND IMPACTED TEETH
A
20-year-old Caucasian man, who reported to the Hospital Dental Clinic for an incoming physical examination, was noted on clinical examination to have some permanent teeth missing. A routine Panorexfilm revealedan impacted maxillary third molar, the
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maxillary right cuspid, and the mandibular left first premolar on top of a supernumerary molar. Above the impacted first premolar there was also a microdont tooth. This case is reported becauseof the triple-header mentgeno-oddity in the mandibular left quadrant. Andrew S. Scott, Lieutenant Colonel,
USAF (DC)
Assistant Chairman, Dept. of Oral Surgery David Grant USAF Medical Center Travis AFB, Calif. 94535 AN UNUSUAL RADIOGRAPHIC DENSITY
A 47-year-old white manwas seenin consultation by the Departmentof Oral Surgery at the University of North Carolina in August, 1975, for evaluation regarding full-mouth tooth extraction. His medical history was unremarkable, and his dental history showed a lifetime of poor oral hygiene and dental care, with multiple extractions in “years past” but no recent extractions. A Panorex x-ray film revealed multiple carious teeth with an impacted maxillary right cuspid. Of greaterinterest, however, was a linear density of 3 by 25 mm. following the crest of the right mandibular alveolar ridge. Clinical examination was unremarkablein this area. At the time of surgery this density was shown to be tooth roots lying beneaththe soft tissues, easily removed after an incision in this area. Jerry E. Patterson, D.D.S., M.D.,
Associate Professor,E. Gary Crawford, D.D.S., Senior Resident, School of Dentistry University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514