title: Localized deficient root development associated with taurodontism: case report.
abstract: Dentinal dysplasia type I (DDI) is a rare disturbance in dentin formation. This case report illustrates different radiographic features from other reported DDI cases in that only one quadrant (lower right posterior teeth) has the characteristic of DDI and both right and left upper molars exhibit taurodontism. This finding might be a variation of DDI. However, it is possible that this type of developmental defect could occur because of regionalized abnormalities in cellular function and proliferation as occurs in regional odontodysplasia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dental Medicine, Schneider Children's Hospital New Hyde Park, New York, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Kosinski
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chaiyawat
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000848:Anodontia / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology; D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003805:Dentin Dysplasia / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar / Q000002:abnormalities*; D018126:Odontodysplasia / Q000145:classification; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000150:complications