Heterotopia of the mandibular third molar: a case report.
A rare finding of unilateral heterotopia of a mandibular third molar was most probably caused by primary and total dislocation of the tooth base. Other possible causative factors, such as a lack of space between the mandibular second molar and the mandibular ramus or a disproportion between the base and the direction of growth of the third molar, have been considered in similar cases reported in the literature.
Keros
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Department of Dental Anthropology, School of Dentistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Susić
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D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012307:Risk Factors; D014079:Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*