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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct;140(4):580-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2010.02.038.

Multiple hyperdontia: Report of an unusual case

Marilia Nalon Pereira  1 , Luiz Eduardo de Almeida, Marcelo Tarcísio Martins, Marcio José da Silva Campos, Marcelo Reis Fraga, Robert Willer Farinazzo Vitral
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Multiple hyperdontia: Report of an unusual case

Marilia Nalon Pereira et al. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

Supernumerary teeth are an infrequent developmental anomaly that can appear in any area of the dental arch and can affect any dental organ. Multiple supernumerary teeth, or hyperdontia, is rare in people with no other associated diseases or syndromes. Conditions commonly associated with hyperdontia include cleft lip and palate, trichorhinophalangeal syndrome, cleidocranial dysplasia, and Gardner's syndrome. A black girl, aged 11 years 8 months, came for consultation; radiographs showed 81 teeth: 18 deciduous, 32 permanent, and 31 supernumerary. The main concern initially was to determine whether she was syndromic, and she was referred to a geneticist. G banding analysis showed pericentric inversion of chromosome 9; the chromosome formula was 46, XX, inv (9) (p13q21). Orthodontic treatment for this patient will be a clinical challenge because of the great number of teeth to be extracted and the alterations in the shapes of the teeth. Treatment goals should be established by a multidisciplinary team, where oral surgeon, orthodontist, periodontist, and prosthodontist come together to solve a medical and dental puzzle, eliminating the pieces that do not fit and searching for new ones to obtain an occlusion that will give the patient physiologic conditions of normality and esthetic satisfaction.

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