title: Sequential supernumerary teeth in nonsyndromic patients: report of 3 cases.
abstract: Supernumerary tooth/teeth (ST) are a well recognized clinical phenomenon defined as teeth that are additional to the normal complement. The purpose of this report was to describe 3 patients who developed multiple sequential ST. All patients were boys between 8 and 12 years old without significant medical history. In 2 cases, the ST were discovered while investigating the nonexfoliation of primary teeth, whereas in the other they were an occasional finding on a radiograph taken for orthodontic purposes. All patients were kept under close follow-up ofter treatment. The 3 patients collectively developed a total of 17 ST with 9 found in a single patient, over a 5-year period. This article demonstrates the importance of clinical and radiographic follow-up of ST patients, regardless of age, family history, or systemic condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology. School of Dentistry. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos de Oliveira
authors.initials: Cde O
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Bruno Correia
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Jham
authors.forename: Bernardo Quiroga
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Souki
authors.forename: Tarcísio Junqueira
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Ricardo Alves
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mesquita
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid / Q000002:abnormalities; D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid / Q000002:abnormalities; D003970:Diastema / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000209:etiology; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging