Background: Dilaceration is a rare dental condition that can occur during tooth development, resulting in distortion of the normal axial relationship between crown and root. Although it affect any tooth, most commonly occurs permanent incisors, often as result trauma to primary predecessor. The impact even slight displacement incisor be significant, disrupting development follicles new teeth. D...

Monitoring traumatic dental injury (TDI) in primary teeth through epidemiological cross-sectional surveys provides descriptive information relevant to the development of public policies focused on the prevention of such injuries for the target population. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of TDI in 5- to 6-year-old Brazilian children and its association with biological and soci...

Oral examination of two guinea pigs revealed that the unilateral incisor was absent. On radiographic examination, the incisor was identified within the nasal cavity in both patients. Under anesthesia in both patients, the skin was incised from the nostril to 1.5 cm proximal, and the premaxilla and part of the maxilla were exposed. The bone was removed using a surgical drill, and the incisor was...

T alon cusp refers to a cusp-like structure project ing from the cingulum area of a maxillary or mandibular anterior tooth. Shafer et al. and Mellor and Ripa reported that talon cusp is uncommon and occurs in maxillary and mandibular permanent incisors. Most cases of the anomaly have been reported in the permanent dentition. Ninety percent of the talon cusps occur in anterior permanent teeth, a...

Dental anomalies are rare findings that may affect development of occlusion and early intervention may be required. Here, a case of multiple anomalies in primary and perma‌nent dentitions is reported. The patient referred to the dental center with the chief complaint of multiple tooth decay. In the oral examination, the rare case of triplica‌tion between the right geminated man-dibular A and...