Radiology Forum

Each month this section will bring the reader of ORAL SURGERY, ORAL MEDICINE AND ORAL PATHOLOGY information of practical relevance to the art and science of diagnostic imaging and diagnostic images with unusual interpretive features. Practical notes and radiographs will be accompanied by an explanation or inquiry. Please submit 5 X 7 inch glossy black-and-white prints of your illustrations. All materials for publication should be submitted to Dr. Allan G. Farman, Department of Primary Patient Care, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292.

MULTIPLE IMPACTED SUPERNUMERARY TEETH

A 22-year-old woman had complaints of frequent recurrent “gum boils” and gingival bleeding on brushing her teeth.

Fig. 1.

A panoramic radiograph revealed several impact- ed supernumerary teeth in both jaws (Fig. 1). Peri- apical radiographs were taken to confirm the pres- ence of other supernumerary teeth not seen on the panoramic radiograph (Fig. 2). There were ten supernumerary teeth with two in the maxillary right quadrant, one in the maxillary left quadrant, four in the mandibular left quadrant, and three in the mandibular right quadrant. The patient had the right and left maxillary canines extracted 6 years earlier because they were buccally erupted.

There was no relevant medical history, and the patient was otherwise healthy. Physical and extra- oral examinations revealed no additional abnormali- ties. Cleidocranial dysostosis and Gardner’s syn- drome were excluded.

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Dental Faculty University of Malaya 59100 Gala Lumpur

Malaysia

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