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Autores/as

  • Valdelias Xavier Pereira Laboratório de Delineamento de Estudos e Escrita Científica do Centro Universitário Saúde ABC Santo Andre, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Alan Patricio da Silva Laboratório de Delineamento de Estudos e Escrita Científica do Centro Universitário Saúde ABC, Santo Andre, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Juliana Spat Carlesso Laboratório de Delineamento de Estudos e Escrita Científica do Centro Universitário Saúde ABC, Santo Andre, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Marcelo Ferraz Campos Centro Universitário Saúde ABC, Santo Andre, São Paulo, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.157763

Palabras clave:

supernumerary teeth, fourth molar, distomolars, oral surgery

Resumen

Introduction: The objective of this clinical case report is to describe the presence of bilateral fourth molars. The occurrence of supernumerary teeth (ST) is a relatively unusual dental anomaly., It is even more unusual to find patients with distomolar teeth also denominated fourth molar teeth.

Presentation of the case: This article describes a clinical case of a 24-year-old patient presenting with a maxillary fourth molar, who was diagnosed by dental x-ray, and surgical resolution of the case.

Conclusion: Tooth extraction surgery was the clinical procedure chosen to treat the impacted tooth.

Biografía del autor/a

  • Marcelo Ferraz Campos, Centro Universitário Saúde ABC, Santo Andre, São Paulo, Brazil

    Laboratório de Delineamento de Estudos e Escrita Científica

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2019-05-06

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Vol. 29 Núm. 1 (2019)

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