Question 85 · LDEK · Crowding and dental anomalies
Parents of a 9-year-old patient worried about his incisors’ shape. During examination one can see: between teeth 12 and 21 a small tooth of conical shape. What is the diagnosis?
- A. dens invaginatus.
- B. mesiodens.
- C. dens concreti.
- D. macrodens.
- E. dentes confusi.
Hint
Focus on the location in the maxillary midline and the small conical shape: what kind of extra tooth typically looks like this?
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