Mesiodens Within the Nasopalatine Canal: An Exceptional Entity.
A supernumerary tooth is one that is supplementary to the normal dentition. It can be found anywhere at the dental arch. A mesiodens is a supernumerary tooth located between the two maxillary central incisors usually palatally or within the alveolar process. Less frequently, the mesiodens is in relation with the nasal floor and the nasopalatine canal walls. This paper presents a very rare case of an impacted inverted mesiodens located inside the nasopalatine canal and found incidentally with a cone-beam computed tomography examination.
Department of Oral Pathology and Diagnosis, Lebanese University , Beirut, Lebanon.
Georges
G
Aoun
Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology and Imaging, Lebanese University , Beirut, Lebanon.
Ibrahim
I
Nasseh
Cone-beam computed tomography; mesiodens; nasopalatine canal