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<p>Dens invaginatus is a rare developmental defect that can complicate the proper diagnosis and treatment of teeth. The most common location of an invaginated tooth is the second lateral maxillary incisor, while the least common locations are the mandibular incisors and canines. Due to the complicated anatomy of invaginated teeth, the endodontic treatment of these teeth can present many difficulties. The present case report describes the endodontic treatment of the dens invaginatus – permanent second maxillary lateral incisor with a 4-year clinical and radiologic follow-up.</p>
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Dens invaginatus is a rare developmental defect that can complicate the proper diagnosis and treatment of teeth. The most common location of an invaginated tooth is the second lateral maxillary incisor, while the least common locations are the mandibular incisors and canines. Due to the complicated anatomy of invaginated teeth, the endodontic treatment of these teeth can present many difficulties. The present case report describes the endodontic treatment of the dens invaginatus – permanent second maxillary lateral incisor with a 4-year clinical and radiologic follow-up.

Treatment of dens invaginatus: 4-year follow-up

Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

Department of Preclinical Conservative Dentistry and Preclinical Endodontics

Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics

Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences

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Dens invaginatus is a rare developmental defect that can complicate the proper diagnosis and treatment of teeth. The most common location of an invaginated...

Treatment of dens invaginatus: 4-year follow-up

Publicado en línea: 26 dic 2023

Páginas: 58 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.979

Palabras clave
dens in dente, invagination, endodontic treatment, cone-beam computed tomography

© 2023 Agnieszka Chamarczuk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Treatment of dens invaginatus: 4-year follow-up

Publicado en línea: 26 dic 2023

Páginas: 58 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.979

Palabras clavedens in dente, invagination, endodontic treatment, cone-beam computed tomography

© 2023 Agnieszka Chamarczuk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
dens in dente, invagination, endodontic treatment, cone-beam computed tomography