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Ponnudurai Arangannal ¹, J. Jeevarathan ¹, S. Amudha ¹, J. Aarthi ¹, M. Aysha Banu ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, IN

Abstract

Supernumerary teeth may be encountered by the general dental practitioner as a chance finding on a radiograph or as the cause of an impacted central incisor. They may also be found intraorally following spontaneous eruption. The most common supernumerary tooth which appears in the maxillary midline is called a mesiodens. Treatment depends on the type and position of the supernumerary tooth and on its effect on adjacent teeth.

Keywords

Hyperdontia, Mesiodens, Phylogenetic Theory

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