dental anomalies (Now with Pictures!)

Enamel Tubercle

An enamel pimple? *look up picture*

__________ Tooth within a tooth.

Dens in dente

_____________A small supernumerary tooth that forms between central incisors.

Mesiodens

____________partial Absence of teeth.

Partial anodontia Complete anodontia is NO TEETH

____________Teeth formed in excess of the normal dental formulas of each quadrant.

Supernumerary teeth Extra teeth distal to third molar: •Distomolars •Paramolars •Fourth molars

_____________Joining of cementum of adjacent teeth.

concrescence in roots

___________During enamel formation this condition may result from trauma, local infection of an adjacent primary tooth, and some other interferences in enamel matrix maturation.

enamel dysplasia/hyperplasia

___________Small, round nodules of enamel with a tiny core of dentin.

enamel pearls

Dentinal dysplasia

faulty developmental of dentin from interference with odontoblasts. *look up picture*

_____________Union of two adjacent tooth germs.

fusion

_____________Tooth division incomplete tooth appears doubled.

gemination

____________Very large normally shaped teeth.

macrodontia

____________Very small normally shaped teeth.

microdontia

___________Small projection on the lingual surface of maxillary or mandibular anterior permanent teeth.

talon cusp

Occlusal tubercle

tubercle on the biting (occlusal) surface of the teeth. Looks like a little ball. *look up picture*