title: Three cases of distomolars.
abstract: The Frequency with which impacted supernumerary teeth are encountered in a clinical setting is relatively high, with the majority of such cases occurrig in the median maxillary region, and very few in the molar region. In the molar region, mandibular distomolars (fourth molars) are very rare. Although a small number of case reports have described impacted supernumerary distomolars, very few have compared third molars and distomolars. Herein, the authors report two cases involving mandibular distomolars and one case a maxillary distomolar. In each of these cases, the third molar and distomolar were extracted and a macroscopic morphological analysis conducted. The results were then compared with those of the latest available literature.
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Dental College.
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Ohata
authors: Kamichika
authors: K
authors: Hayashi
authors: Masashi
authors: M
authors: Iwamoto
authors: Kyotaro
authors: K
authors: Muramatsu
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Watanabe
authors: Masato
authors: M
authors: Narita
authors: Kenichiro
authors: K
authors: Suga
authors: Nobuo
authors: N
authors: Takano
authors: Takahiko
authors: T
authors: Shibahara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000002:abnormalities; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000002:abnormalities; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000002:abnormalities; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000175:diagnosis; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult