title: Endodontic management of a hypertaurodontic tooth associated with 48, XXYY syndrome: A review and case report.
abstract: Taurodontism is a developmental anomaly of a tooth characterized by large pulp chamber and short roots. Patients with multiple taurodontic teeth are associated with the probability of a systemic syndrome or chromosomal anomaly. This is the first reported incidence of the endodontic management of a hyper taurodontic mandibular second molar in a patient diagnosed with 48, XXYY syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Thai Moogambigai Dental College, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sridevi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishnamoorthy
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Thai Moogambigai Dental College, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Velayutham
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gopikrishna
keywords: 48 XXYY syndrome; XXY/Klinefelter syndrome; hypertaurodontism