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R Sathish Muthukumar1, Sandhya Arunkumar, Kadandale Sadasiva
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract:
Fusion is the union of two normally separated tooth germs resulting in the formation of a single large tooth. The prevalence of this anomaly is less than 1% and most common in the primary dentition, in the incisor-canine region. Fusions are almost always unilateral, but few cases of bilateral fusions have been reported. The purpose of this article is to report a rare case of bilateral fusion of mandibular second premolar with supernumerary tooth.
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