Endodontic Treatment Of A Fused Maxillary Lateral Incisor And Asupernumerary Tooth: Acase Report

Fusion is currently defined as a developmental anomaly that occurs due to an union of two or more adjacent teeth during morphodifferentiation of the dental germs. The present case reports the endodontic treatment of a fused maxillary lateral incisor and supernumerary tooth. A 12-year-old girl had an excessively large anterior tooth. The endodontic therapy was carried out, so the patient could receive a surgical therapy to remove the supernumerary tooth and orthodontic treatment to correct the malocclusion. Electronic apex locator, rotary instrumentation and thermo-mechanical obturation were used under the direct view of a dental operating microscope. © 2008 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.13157162Hagman, F.T., Anomalies of form and number, fused primary teeth, a correlations of the dentitions (1988) J. Dent. Child, 55, pp. 359-361Killian, C.M., Croll, T.P., Dental twinning anomalies: The nomenclature enigma (1990) Quintessence Int, 21, pp. 571-576Yücel, A.C., Güler, E., Nonsurgical endodontic retreatment of geminated teeth: A Case Report (2006) J. Endod, 32, pp. 1214-1216Shafer, W.G., Hine, M.K., Levy, B.M., Developmental disturbances of oral and paraoral structures (1993) A Text Book of Oral Pathology, pp. 38-39. , In: Shafer WG, Hine MK, Levy BM, editors, Philadelphia: W.B. SaundersNeville, B.W., Damm, D.D., Allen, C.M., Bouquot, J.E., Abnormalities of teeth (2002) Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, p. 74. , In: Neville BW, Damm DD, Allen CM, Bouquot JE, editors, Oxford: W.B. Saunders CompanyTsesis, J., Steinbock, N., Rosenberg, E., Kaufmari, A.Y., Endodontic treatment of developmental anomalies in posterior teeth: Treatment of geminated/fused teeth report of two cases (2003) Int. Endod. J, 36, pp. 372-379Indra, R., Srinivasan, M.R., Farzana, H., Karthikeyan, K., Endodontic Management of a fused maxillary lateral incisor with a supernumerary tooth: A Case Report (2006) J. Endod, 32, pp. 1217-1219Kim, E., Jouu, Y.T., A Supernumerary tooth fused to the facial surface of a maxillary permanent central incisor: Case Report (2000) J. Endod, 26, pp. 45-48Duke, E.S., Technology may significantly improve endodontic therapy (2005) Compend. Contin. Educ. Dent, 26, pp. 408-410O'Reilly, P.M.R., Structural and radiographic evaluation of four cases of tooth fusion (1989) J. Endod, 15, pp. 442-446Stillwell, K.D., Coke, J.M., Bilateral fusion of the maxillary central incisors to supranumerary teeth: Report of a case (1986) J. Am. Dent. Assoc, 112, pp. 62-64Plank, B.S., Randall, O.R., Leuy, A.R., A fused central incisor. Periodontal considerations in comprehensive treatment (1985) J. Periodont, 56, pp. 21-24Yoshioka, T., Kobayashi, C., Suda, H., Detection Rate of Root Canal Orifices with a Microscope (2002) J. Endod, 28, pp. 452-453Herrera, M., Abalos, C., Planas, A.J., Llamas, R., Influence of apical constriction diameter on root ZX apex locator precision (2007) J. Endod, 33, pp. 995-998Zehnder, M., Root Canal Irrigants (2006) J. Endod, 32, pp. 389-398Galvan, R.R., West, L.A., Liewehr, F.R., Pashley, D.H., Coronal microleakage of five materials used to create an intracoronal seal in endodontically treated teeth (2002) J. Endod, 28, pp. 59-6