Supernumerary teeth

02/19/2022

What are supernumerary teeth?

Hyperdontia means having extra teeth in the mouth. The supernumerary teeth can erupt normally, remain impacted or cause teeth crowding. They can vary in shape and location.

06/15/2015

There are different types of hyperdontia, and they are classified according to the teeth shape and position. Among those classified by shape:
- supplemental where the tooth has a normal shape
- tuberculate where the teeth are barrel shaped
- conical shaped extra tooth
- compound odontoma
- complex odontoma.

Those classified by position include:
- mesiodens that occur between the maxillary central incisors
- paramolar or distomolar.

Hyperdontia means having extra teeth in the mouth. The supernumerary teeth can erupt normally, remain impacted or cause teeth crowding. They can vary in shape and location.

06/13/2015

Supernumerary teeth are the extra teeth that one can have in the mouth. They can be found at any location in the oral cavity. This condition is referred to as hyperdontia.

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An interesting patient with hyperdontia. Three supernumerary premolars in the lower jaw. Luckily the arch is straight and the treatment plan is easy – just removing the extra premolars.

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The increasing number of people looking for the dentist services has led to the development of dentist charts that are used in the numbering of human teeth. There are different systems that dentists use in numbering of the teeth with the supernumerary teeth numbering system being one of the most com...