regional odonto dysplasia: a case report

background & aim: regional odonto dysplasia (rod) is an unusual nonhereditary of teeth with significantly clinical and radiographic features. affected teeth usually remain unerupted or semi-erupted with a discolaration and irregular shape. radiographically these teeth have a large pulp chamber and thin layer of enamel and dentin with similar density. this article is introducing a female patient who was affected by regional odonto dysplasia (rod) (a developmental abnormality) and treatment of this patient. case report: this patient is a ten-year-old girl was referred to us with unerupted anterior maxillary teeth. her parents stated that the cba a teeth were extracted at the age of 3 for infection. at the first appointment the erupted left maxillary central tooth had malformation, discoloration and a related fistula with infected drainage. the 321 teeth germs were not erupted. due to surgical procedure the left permanent incisor ( 1 ) was extracted and right permanent central, lateral and canine ( 321 ) were enucleated, and appropriate prosthetic treatment was performed for patient after a while.j dent sch 2004 22(2): 203