Case report details bilateral supplemental teeth alongside unilateral supernumerary teeth, suggesting a unique dental anomaly.
The dental developmental anomaly known as hyperdontia or supernumerary teeth is characterised by the development of teeth additional to the normal series. Hyperdontia is uncommon in primary dentition but occurs frequently in permanent dentition. Developmental anomalies related to the number of teeth can affect any area of the dental arches and are generally linked to several disorders, including Cleidocranial dysplasia, Gardner’s syndrome, Down syndrome, etc. It is rarely seen in non-syndromic associations. The prevalence of eumorphic supplemental teeth in primary dentition has not been extensively studied worldwide, and the statistics reported in the dental literature are inconsistent. Bilateral occurrences of supplemental central incisors are very rare. The article presented here describes the uncommon occurrence of non-syndromic bilateral supplemental central incisors in the primary dentition, along with unilateral supernumerary teeth in a six-year-old female patient.
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