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the article mentions a rare distomolar: (dentistry) A congenital supernumerary (extra) tooth located posterior to the third molar tooth an extra/supernumerary
by fsckboy 2y ago
the article mentions a rare distomolar: (dentistry) A congenital supernumerary (extra) tooth located posterior to the third molar tooth
an extra/supernumerary tooth in another part of the mouth would be called, front to back, a mesiodens or a paramolar
supernumerary teeth may be:
Supplemental (where the tooth has a normal shape for the teeth in that series);
Tuberculate (also called barrel shaped);
Conical (also called peg shaped);
Compound odontoma (multiple small tooth-like forms);
Complex odontoma (a disorganized mass of dental tissue)
(most of that info is from wikipedia, but it did not have the definition of distomolar, had to chase that down in wiktionary)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperdontia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperdontia which cites Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry.
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