title: Y-shaped lower bilateral incisors. A previously undescribed oral malformation.
abstract: A case of Y-shaped lower bilateral central incisors found in an 18-year-old Japanese man is reported. Each of the central incisors had an abnormally high cusp located at the labial surface. The cause of this malformation of the lower central incisors is obscure, but we suspect that it was due to hyperplasia of the labial surface of the central lobe of the incisor during tooth development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukuta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Totsuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D009805:Odontogenesis; D014072:Tooth Abrasion / Q000473:pathology; D014075:Tooth Discoloration / Q000473:pathology