title: Management of dens in dente associated with a chronic periapical lesion.
abstract: Dens in dente is characterised as a developmental anomaly resulting from invagination of the enamel organ into the dental papilla. It is a rare malformation of teeth, showing a wide spectrum of morphological variations such as gemination, microdontia, taurodontism, dentinogenesis imperfecta, supernumerary tooth and hyperplasias, resulting frequently in early pulp necrosis. Maxillary lateral incisors are the commonest teeth to be affected by dental malformations-supernumerary tooth, talon cusp, congenitally missing tooth and dens in dente. We describe the management of a case of dens in dente in a maxillary lateral incisor with a periradicular lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics with Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, KD Dental College and Hospital, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Anupama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raheja
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rajeev Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003719:Dens in Dente / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003790:Dental Pulp Necrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012390:Root Canal Therapy