Till surgery do us part: unexpected bilateral kissing molars
The occurrence impacted teeth, single or multiple is very common. But, phenomenon of kissing molars is an extremely rare phenomenon. Mandibular third molars are the most common impacted teeth. Mandibular first or second molars does not share the same frequency of occurrence. But, there are rare case...
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| author | Narayanankutty Anish Velayudhannair Vivek Sunila Thomas Vineet Alex Daniel Jincy Thomas Prasanna Ranimol |
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| description | The occurrence impacted teeth, single or multiple is very common. But, phenomenon of kissing molars is an extremely rare phenomenon. Mandibular third molars are the most common impacted teeth. Mandibular first or second molars does not share the same frequency of occurrence. But, there are rare cases in which the occlusal surfaces of impacted molars are united by the same follicular space and the roots point in the opposite direction, and are termed as kissing molars. Sometimes, these teeth will be associated with pathologies. This article reports a rare case of mandibular bilateral kissing molars. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-755c80c6971248bab75cca2f09c26d602022-12-22T02:20:15ZengMDPI AGClinics and Practice2039-72752039-72832015-02-015110.4081/cp.2015.688291Till surgery do us part: unexpected bilateral kissing molarsNarayanankutty Anish0Velayudhannair Vivek1Sunila Thomas2Vineet Alex Daniel3Jincy Thomas4Prasanna Ranimol5Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Trivandrum, KeralaDepartment of Oral Medicine & Radiology, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Trivandrum, KeralaDepartment of Oral Medicine & Radiology, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Trivandrum, KeralaDepartment of Oral Medicine & Radiology, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Trivandrum, KeralaDepartment of Oral Medicine & Radiology, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Trivandrum, KeralaDepartment of Oral Medicine & Radiology, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Trivandrum, KeralaThe occurrence impacted teeth, single or multiple is very common. But, phenomenon of kissing molars is an extremely rare phenomenon. Mandibular third molars are the most common impacted teeth. Mandibular first or second molars does not share the same frequency of occurrence. But, there are rare cases in which the occlusal surfaces of impacted molars are united by the same follicular space and the roots point in the opposite direction, and are termed as kissing molars. Sometimes, these teeth will be associated with pathologies. This article reports a rare case of mandibular bilateral kissing molars.https://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/688kissing molarsimpactionrosette formationmandibular. |
| spellingShingle | Narayanankutty Anish Velayudhannair Vivek Sunila Thomas Vineet Alex Daniel Jincy Thomas Prasanna Ranimol Till surgery do us part: unexpected bilateral kissing molars Clinics and Practice kissing molars impaction rosette formation mandibular. |
| title | Till surgery do us part: unexpected bilateral kissing molars |
| title_full | Till surgery do us part: unexpected bilateral kissing molars |
| title_fullStr | Till surgery do us part: unexpected bilateral kissing molars |
| title_full_unstemmed | Till surgery do us part: unexpected bilateral kissing molars |
| title_short | Till surgery do us part: unexpected bilateral kissing molars |
| title_sort | till surgery do us part unexpected bilateral kissing molars |
| topic | kissing molars impaction rosette formation mandibular. |
| url | https://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/688 |
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