Dental Journal of Advance Studies

Deepti Garg Jindal ¹, Varun Jindal ², Himanshu Singh ³, Swati Gautam ⁴, Ishita Bhojia ⁴, Arjun Chaudhary ⁵

Affiliations
1 Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Bhojia Dental College and Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, IN
2 Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Bhojia Dental College & Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, IN
3 Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, M. M. Dental College & Hospital, Haryana, IN
4 Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Bhojia Dental College & Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, IN
5 Bhojia Dental College & Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Hypodontia is the congenital absence of less than six teeth because of agenesis. Congenital absence of tooth (hypodontia) from the dental arch, may occur with any tooth, most commonly being third molars , however, absence of permanent mandibular canine is rare. The absence of teeth may be unilateral or bilateral. There are reports showing unilateral occurrence of permanent mandibular canines but agenesis of bilateral mandibular canines is not well documented in the literature and comprehensive review of literature shows paucity of data pertaining to this anomaly. Here we report one such rare case of congenitally missing mandibular permanent canines bilaterally.

Keywords

Hypodontia,ToothAgenesis, Oligodontia, Permanent, Mandibular, Canines.

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