Double dens invaginatus: report of three cases
A Zeynep Zengin1, A Pinar Sumer, Peruze Celenk
1Research Assistant, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey.
European Journal of Dentistry
|March 6, 2009
Abstract:
Dens invaginatus results from an infolding of the outer surface of a tooth. The clinical importance of dens invaginatus results from the risk of pulpal disease. So, all clinicians should be aware of this anomaly. The presence of double dens invaginatus is extremely rare. This article presents three cases of double dens invaginatus in permanent maxillary lateral incisors, one with preventive restoration on its palatal surface. They were classified as double dens invaginatus because of two enamel lined invaginations presented in the crowns of these teeth.
