Talon cusp is a dental anomaly that occurs as an accessory cusp like structure from the cingulum of maxillary or mandibular anterior teeth. Dens invaginatus is a developmental variation which arises as a result of an invagination on the surface of a tooth crown before calcification has occurred. An unusual case of multiple talon cusps affecting the maxillary central incisors and the canines bil...

There are many treatment options for the pediatric patient with a talon cusp (TC). The purpose of this paper was to report the case of a TC involving a primary maxillary right central incisor in a 14-month-old male causing displacement of the affected tooth. The etiology of a TC is thought to be a disturbance during the morphodifferentiation stage of tooth development. Clinical problems include...

An apparently healthy 12-year-old boy was referred to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology whose chief complaint was the presence of an additional tooth in the upper front teeth region. His medical, dental and family history was not relevant. Intraoral examination revealed an erupted, supernumerary tooth palatal to permanent maxillary right central incisor and radiograph revealed ...

Developmental anomalies of tooth are not uncommon to find in clinical practice these days. Thorough knowledge of these anomalies is a prerequisite for their correct diagnosis, understanding clinical complications and management. Maxillary lateral incisor is one which is frequently associated with such developmental malformations, commonly affected by microdontia, hypodontia, dens invaginatus an...

Dental morphological characteristics are useful for providing information for phylogenic and genetic studies and understanding variations within and among species. Carabelli and talon cusps are expressed in several degrees and different frequencies between humans, thus being useful in comparing and characterizing populations. The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence and degree of ...