| DENTAL SCIENCE - CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 800-803 |
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Ghost teeth: Regional odontodysplasia of maxillary first molar associated with eruption disorders in a 10-year-old girl
Anju Mathew1, Liju Mercley Dauravu1, SN Reddy2, K Retna Kumar3, V Venkataramana4
1 Department of Pedodontics, Mar Baselios Dental College, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India
2 Department of Orthodontics, Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery, Rajas Dental College, Vadakkankulam, Tirunalveli District, Tamil Nadu, India
4 Department of Orthodontics, Panineeya MahaVidhyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, Kamalanagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Liju Mercley Dauravu
Department of Pedodontics, Mar Baselios Dental College, Kothamangalam, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.163570
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Regional odontodysplasia (RO) is an uncommon, developmental anomaly of the dental hard tissues that affects ectodermal and mesodermal dental components with characteristic clinical and radiographic findings. Clinically, RO affects a particular segment in either or both dentitions in the maxilla or mandible or both jaws. Radiographic features have consistently demonstrated thin and defective layers of enamel and dentine, resulting in a faint, fuzzy outline, creating a ghost-like appearance. The RO etiology is uncertain; numerous factors have been suggested and considered as local trauma, irradiation, hypophosphatasia, hypocalcemia, hyperpyrexia. A case of RO in a 10-year-old girl whose chief complaint were forwardly placed upper front teeth and the absence of eruption of permanent teeth. Clinical and radiographic features are described. |
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