title: Surgical management of palatal placed, inverted, dilacerated and impacted mesiodens.
abstract: Teeth may vary in size, shape and number. Mesiodens is the most commonly occurring supernumerary tooth, usually seen between upper two central incisors which may be impacted or erupted. The present paper describes a rare case of palatal placed, inverted, severely dilacerated and impacted mesiodens which was detected on radiographic examination for some other problem.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere-577004, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nb
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagaveni
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere-577004, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nd
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shashikiran
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere-577004, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Vv Subba
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Reddy
keywords: Supernumerary; dilaceration; mesiodens; palatal impaction.