title: Root abnormalities, talon cusps, dentes invaginati with reduced alveolar bone levels: case report.
abstract: This is a case report of a Caucasian female who presented with an unusual combination of dental anomalies: short roots on the maxillary central incisors and premolars, talon cusps, dentes invaginati, low alveolar bone heights, tubercles of Carabelli on the maxillary first and second permanent molars, with pyramidal root morphology in three of the second permanent molars. None of the anomalies alone are particularly uncommon but they have not previously been reported together. The occurrence of the anomalies is probably incidental as the conditions are aetiologically unrelated.
authors.affiliation: Regional Orthodontic Department, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Winter
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000293:Adolescent; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003719:Dens in Dente / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008437:Maxilla; D008963:Molar / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging