Abstract

PEREIRA, Valdelias Xavier; SILVA, Alan Patricio da; CARLESSO, Juliana Spat  and  CAMPOS, Marcelo Ferraz. A rare case of a maxillary fourth molar: Case report. J. Hum. Growth Dev. [online]. 2019, vol.29, n.1, pp. 125-128. ISSN 0104-1282.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.157763.

INTRODUCTION: The objective of this clinical case report is to describe the presence of bilateral fourth molars. The occurrence of supernumerary teeth (ST) is a relatively unusual dental anomaly. It is even more unusual to find patients with distomolar teeth also denominated fourth molar teeth. PRESENTATION OF THE CASE: This article describes a clinical case of a 24-year-old patient presenting with a maxillary fourth molar, who was diagnosed by dental x-ray, and surgical resolution of the case. CONCLUSION: Tooth extraction surgery was the clinical procedure chosen to treat the impacted tooth.

Keywords : supernumerary teeth; fourth molar; distomolars; oral surgery.

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