Dents Telescopes of Maxillary Incisor and Supernumerary Tooth: Report of two cases with Review

Dens invaginatus is a developmental malformation of teeth also known as dens in dente, resulting from invagination in the surface of a tooth crown before calcification has occurred. Affected teeth show a deep infolding of enamel and dentine starting from the foramen caecum or even the tip of the cusps and which may extend deep into the root. Teeth most affected are maxillary lateral incisors. Root canal treatment of teeth with complex root canal anatomy such as Dens Invaginatus can be problematic because infected pulpal tissues may remain in the inaccessible areas of the canal system. We here present a rare clinical case of type II and Type III dens invaginatus (DI) on the supernumerary tooth and maxillary central incisor respectively and a review of the same.

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