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*