An impacted mandibular molar is a common clinical situation that may damage adjacent teeth and impair periodontal health. Improper treatment brings the risk of damaging adjacent vital tissues. The risk can be reduced by early diagnosis and extraction of the impacted tooth by an experienced clinician. However, in clinical cases of two impacted molars, it may be beneficial for the patient to save...

Intraosseous mandibular lipoma (IML) is a rare benign tumour and is infrequentlyassociated with unerupted teeth. This report describes an IML associated with anunerupted impacted mandibular wisdom tooth. FIGURE 1: Preoperativeorthopantomograph showsradiolucency associatedwith unerupted impactedmandibular wisdom tooth.DAN's JIDA•Autumn04•A/W 17.8.04 2:43 pm Page 132

Two cases of inverted and impacted third molars are described. They were conservatively managed without surgery. Complications that may arise from surgical removal of inverted and impacted teeth must be carefully considered beforehand. These should be weighed against the benefit of surgical removal. The two cases are reported because impaction with inversion of a molar tooth is not common.

Tooth impaction is a pathological situation where a tooth fails to attain its normal functional position. Impacted third molars are commonly encountered in routine dental practice. The impaction rate is higher for third molars when compared with other teeth. The mandibular third molar impaction is said to be due to the inadequate space between the distal of the second mandibular molar and the a...

lent in the mandible than in the maxilla,1,2 and impacted mandibular canines that have migrated to the opposite side of the midline (transmigration) are even more rare.3-7 Orthodontic cases such as these sometimes need significantly longer treatment time than usual, however, often requiring the advice and care of a specialist in periodontics. Be cause repositioning of impacted canines can invol...

Teeth may vary in size, shape and number. Mesiodens is the most commonly occurring supernumerary tooth, usually seen between upper two central incisors which may be impacted or erupted. The present paper describes a rare case of palatal placed, inverted, severely dilacerated and impacted mesiodens which was detected on radiographic examination for some other problem.

Cleidocranial dysostosis is a generalized skeletal dysplastic condition and primarily affects the development of the bones and teeth. The genetic etiology lies on chromosome number 6p21, core binding factor (CBFA1). This paper explains the treatment procedure carried out for a sixteen year old female patient diagnosed with cleidocranial dysostosis. Therapy includes surgical removal or exposure ...