title: An unusual distribution of supplemental teeth in the primary dentition.
abstract: Supernumerary teeth are more common in the permanent than the primary dentition. In the latter, the majority occur in the maxillary lateral incisor region or as a mesiodens. Indeed, in one study conducted in the USA, all 26 cases of primary supernumerary teeth examined were found to be lateral incisors. This report describes a case presenting with three erupted supernumerary (supplemental) teeth in the primary dentition, including, somewhat unusually, bilateral duplication of maxillary canines.
authors.affiliation: Dental Health and Biological Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Barlow
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Collard
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D003481:Cuspid; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary