Author/Authors :
Sharma, Gaurav Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology - Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Faridabad, Haryana, India , Nagra, Amritpreet Ahead Academy, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India , Singh, Gurkeerat Department of Orthodontics - Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Faridabad, Haryana, India , Nagpal, Archna Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology - PDM Dental College and Research Institute, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India , Soin, Atul Department of Prosthodontics, Kalka Dental College, Meerut, India , Bhardwaj, Vishal Department of Orthodontics - Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Abstract :
A dilated odontoma is an extremely rare developmental anomaly represented as a dilatation of the crown and root as a
consequence of a deep, enamel-lined invagination and is considered a severe variant of dens invaginatus. An oval shape of the
tooth lacking morphological characteristics of a crown or root implies that the invagination happened in the initial stages of
morphodifferentiation. Spontaneous eruption of an odontoma is a rare occurrence and the occurrence of a dilated odontoma in
a supernumerary tooth is even rarer with only a few case reports documented in the English literature. We present an extremely
rare case of erupted dilated odontoma occurring in the supernumerary tooth in anterior maxillary region in an 18-year-old male,
which, to the best of our knowledge, is the first ever case reported in English literature.
