Dental Anomalies Flashcards
Anomalies are more common in:
Maxillary or Mandibular?
Permanent or Primary?
Maxillary
Permanent
Condition where person has no eyebrows, eyelashes, nails, teeth (total anodontia), and less hair
Ectodermal Dysplasia
Partial Anodontia: Most commonly missing adult teeth (in order):
- Third molars (especially maxillary)
- Maxillary lateral incisors (1-2% of population)
- Mandibular second premolars (1%)
What primary teeth are most commonly missing?
Primary mandibular central incisors
Most common Extra/Supernumerary Teeth (in order):
(Mainly Permanent dentitions, 90% maxillary arch)
- Maxillary Incisor Area (Mesiodens between max centrals)
- Third Molar Area (Paramolar, Distomolar, Fourth Molar)
- Mandibular Premolar Area
Peg-shaped crown anomalies happen usually to _____ and rarely to _____ and they form from ____ lobe(s)
Maxillary lateral incisors
Maxillary central incisors
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The most variable crown morphology happens with _____
Malformed Third Molars
One crown double in width; one root, one pulp chamber and canal
Gemination (Twinning)
Two adjacent crowns join together and appear double in width (two roots, two pulp chambers and canals)
Fusion
Congenital Syphilis causes ______ (wide incisors with an incisal notch) and _____ (extra tubercles on first molars)
Hutchinson’s Incisors
Mulberry Molars
Extra cusps between cusps
Tuberculum Intermedium
Extra cusps on distal marginal ridge
Tuberculum Sextum
Extra lingual cusp
Talon Cusp
Teeth that are extra big.
Most common teeth affected?
Macrodontia
Incisors and canines
Teeth that are extra small.
Most common teeth affected?
Microdontia
Max lateral incisors and 3rd molars
Anomaly more common in American Indians, Asians, Mongolians, and Eskimos
Shovel-shaped Maxillary Incisors