2 - Dental anomalies Flashcards
What are the dental anomalies of number?
- hypodontia
- hyperdontia/supernumerary
What is hypodontia?
- failure of development of teeth
- more common in permanent dentition
What are the most common teeth to be involved in hypodontia?
- mandibular premolars
- maxillary lateral incisors
Which teeth are least likely to be missing?
- FPM
- maxillary central incisors
What is a Celtic canine?
Hypodontia of upper canines commonly found in Scotland and Ireland
What conditions are associated with hypodontia?
- ectodermal dysplasia
- down syndrome
- cleft palate
- Hurler’s syndrome
- Incontinentia pigmentii
What are treatment options for hypodontia?
- RRB
- overdentures
What is the chronology of dental management of hypodontia?
- diagnosis
- removable prothesis (if required)
- orthodontics
- composite build ups
- porcelain veneers/crowns and bridges
At what age can permanent indirect restorations be placed?
- early 20s
- gingival level can change up until this age so margins of restorations may be visible if done prior
What problems are associated with hypodontia?
- abnormal shape and form
- spacing
- infraocclusion
- deep overbite
- reduced LAFH
What are the different types of supernumerary teeth?
- conical
- tuberculate
- supplemental
- odontome
Describe a conical supernumerary tooth.
Cone shaped
Describe a tuberculate supernumerary tooth.
- barrel shaped
- can have tubercles
Describe a supplemental supernumerary tooth.
- looks like a tooth of the normal series
- often smaller
Describe a odontome supernumerary tooth.
- irregular mass of dental hard tissue
- compound or complex
What are the dental anomalies of shape and size?
- microdont
- macrodont
- double teeth (gemination)
- odontomes
- taurodontism
- dilaceration
- accessory cusps
What is a common microdont?
Peg shaped lateral incisors
What is a talon cusp?
- accessory cusp
- can have pulp within the cusp
- requires selective grinding to encourage pulp to shrink back
What is dens en dente?
- invagination of tooth
- pulp within this area and can be exposed
- appears like there is a tooth within a tooth on radiograph
- must be sealed ASAP to prevent caries as very difficult to restore
What are the types of double tooth?
- gemination (one tooth splits into two)
- fusion (two teeth join to form one)
- can be hard to distinguish so refer to as double teeth
What is taurodontism?
- tooth appears normal
- has flame shaped pulp which makes pulpal exposure more common
What are the dental anomalies of structure associated with the roots?
- short roots
- radiotherapy
- dentine dysplasia
- accessory roots
Why is short root anomaly a concern?
Orthodontic treatment
What are the dental anomalies of structure associated with the enamel?
- amelogenesis imperfecta
- environmental enamel hypoplasia
- localised enamel hypoplasia
- hypomineralised enamel