ORAL PATHOLOGY Flashcards
(ALTERATION IN SIZE)
small teeth
Microdontia
(ALTERATION IN SIZE)
big teeth
Macrodontia
● dark or gray
● Mostly soft tissue that’s why it absorbs
radiation hence having a dark or gray image
RADIOLUCENT
extra teeth / calcification
Supernumerary
● Structures appears light or white in a
radiographic image
● Hard calcified structure
● Calcified does not let the radiation pass thru,
thus nag bobounce off ang radiation. That is
why it is color white
RADIOPAQUE OR RADIOPACITY
Absence of teeth / missing tooth
Anodontia
tooth is impacted or tooth has not erupted
properly in the oral cavity
Impaction
This term is used to describe teeth which are smaller
than normal
MICRODONTIA
● Eg. Her tooth might be smaller than hers, that
doesn’t mean she has microdontia. You have
to check in general the dentition and family
(genetic factor).
Not all small teeth are microdontia
3 types of microdontia are recognized:
- True Generalized Microdontia
- Relative Generalized Microdontia
- Microdontia involving only a single tooth
● All the teeth are smaller than normal
● Aside from its occurrence in some cases of pituitary
dwarfism, this condition is exceedingly rare.
● The teeth are reported well formed, merely small
TRUE GENERALIZED MICRODONTIA
TRUE GENERALIZED MICRODONTIA
● You have to check the jaw of the px; if the jaw
is normal in size.
● Normal jaw that houses small teeth.
● Nagkakaspace sa jaw na yun bcoz jaw develop
for normal size teeth. Pero dhil maliit teeth,
may spaces kahit complete teeth ng px.
● Normal or slightly smaller than normal teeth
● Are present in jaws that are somewhere larger than
normal and
● There is an illustration of true microdontia
RELATIVE GENERALIZED MICRODONTIA
RELATIVE GENERALIZED MICRODONTIA
● You have a large jaw. The teeth size are
normal. Nagmumukhang maliit yung teeth
due to large jaw
Large jaw
Macrognathia
Small jaw
Micrognathia
● Other teeth which are often congenitally absent, the
maxillary and mandibular second premolars, seldom
exhibit microdontia.
● Supernumerary teeth; however, a frequently small in
size
● Affects the maxillary lateral incisor, a condition that
has been called the ‘peg lateral’ .
MICRODONTIA INVOLVING A SINGLE TOOTH
● Is a rather common condition
● Affect most often that maxillary lateral incisor and the
third molar
● These two teeth are among those that are most often
congenitally missing
MICRODONTIA INVOLVING A SINGLE TOOTH
● more common
● presence of normal or slightly larger than normal
teeth in small jaws
● The disparity in size gives the illusion of macrodontia.
● As in microdontia, the importance of heredity must
be considered.
RELATIVE GENERALIZED MACRODONTIA
● Microdontia of the laterals itself
● Unusually smaller anatomy, shape & size
compared to the normal one.
● If you have this, you can retain the shape or
have veneers or composite restorations for it
to look normal
primate & leeway spaces
Peg shaped lateral
● The condition in which all teeth are larger than
normal
● Has been associated with pituitary gigantism, but is
extremely rare
TRUE GENERALIZED MACRODONTIA
● Refers to teeth that are larger than normal
MACRODONTIA