Supernumerary teeth presenting as nasal teeth.

Supernumerary teeth are extra teeth. When they are present in the nasal cavity, they are called nasal tooth. Supernumerary teeth are reported from mandible, orbit, palate, maxillary antrum and nasal cavity. Eruption of teeth into these sites are rare and easily overlooked(l). Although, they are asymptomatic, they may prevent and delay the eruption of normal teeth and lead to the malalignment in the later life. It is important to identify and remove supernumerary teeth before they maifest in different ways depending on the site. The clinical features include epistaxis, rhinitis, septal abscess, septal perforation, pain in the philtrum area and discomfort during deglutition and speech(2). We report a case of eight-year-old boy came to this hospital for pain in the throat. Routine anterior rhinoscopy showed a foreign body mass with conical projection at the floor of left