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Published on: August 22, 2022
Supernumerary fourth and fifth molars: a report of two cases
Gulseren Kokten1, Huseyin Balcioglu, Mete Buyukertan
1Department of Anatomy in the Faculty of Dentistry at Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. gkokten@hotmail.com
Abstract:
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 three tuberculated and they all had single roots.
