The Frequency with which impacted supernumerary teeth are encountered in a clinical setting is relatively high, with the majority of such cases occurrig in the median maxillary region, and very few in the molar region. In the molar region, mandibular distomolars (fourth molars) are very rare. Although a small number of case reports have described impacted supernumerary distomolars, very few hav...

A distomolar is a supernumerary tooth which is located distal to third molars. They appear more frequently in men than in women. Several theories had been suggested to explain this phenomenon with the “dental lamina hyperactivity theory” to be the most accepted. Supernumerary molars (distomolars) are usually impacted. They can be associated with complications or stay asymptomatic. Radiographic ...

BACKGROUND To investigate the frequency of non-syndromic distomolars in a Greek population sample. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study population of this retrospective study consisted of 859 Orthopantomograms (OPGs) of 425 male and 434 female patients, attended the Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Dental School of Athens seeking for treatment. The OPGs were taken as a part of the patien...

Panoramic radiographs of two female patients ages 22 and 21 revealed the presence of two impacted bilateral upper fourth molars and unilateral (right) upper fourth and fifth molars. All of the teeth were distomolars. The supernumerary teeth had normal tooth morphology with regard to their crowns and roots but were slightly smaller than the existing third molars. Their crowns were either two or ...

If there are more than 32 teeth in the oral cavity, they are called supernumerous teeth. Distomolars are the fourth molar teeth, in the distal position to the wisdom teeth. Though, paramolars are the supernumerous teeth situated beside the molars. Correct diagnosis of supernumerous teeth is not always easy to conduct basing on pantomographic x-ray pictures. Obtained results indicate that unerup...