Diente fusionado: reporte clínico de caso bilateral

This article is a review of literature and a report on a case that shows fusion of inferior temporal central incisor with a lateral incisor on both sides, in a five years old male patient treated in the pediatric dentistry clinic at the University of Costa Rica. This abnormality, as well as bilatera...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Bolaños López, Violeta
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2014
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/14330
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/Odontos/article/view/14330
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:dental fusion
dental anomalies
development disorder
dental pathology
Dental fusion
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Summary:This article is a review of literature and a report on a case that shows fusion of inferior temporal central incisor with a lateral incisor on both sides, in a five years old male patient treated in the pediatric dentistry clinic at the University of Costa Rica. This abnormality, as well as bilateral fusion are rare, occurring more in primary than in permanent dentition and it is limited mostly to front teeth. It can be partial or total depending on the stage of dental development where fusion occurs.