Volume 24, Issue 105, September - October, 2020

MESIODENS: An atypical case report of 53-year-old male patient

Amira Ibrahim Albalawi^1♦, Abdulrahman Saleh Alolayan², Eida Ahmed Shahin³, Lama Rafat Alrassan⁴

¹General Dental Practitioner, Private Dental Center, Riyadh-11681, Saudi Arabia, Email: Albluwi.ameera@gmail.com
²General Dental Practitioner, Private Dental Center, Riyadh-11681, Saudi Arabia, Email: asolayan@gmail.com
³General Dental Practitioner, Private Dental Center, Riyadh-11681, Saudi Arabia, Email: Eidashahin@gmail.com
⁴General Dental Practitioner, Ministry of Health, Dental clinics, Riyadh-11681, Saudi Arabia, Email: Alrassan.lama@gmail.com

^♦Corresponding author
General Dental Practitioner, Private Dental Center, Riyadh-11681, Saudi Arabia, Email: Albluwi.ameera@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Supernumery teeth can be defined as excessive quantity of teeth as compared to regular dentition. A 53-year-old male patient visited Riyadh Elm University Muneseya campus with chief complaint was pain in lower anterior region, which included a mesiodens having pain for one month. The diagnosis was mesiodens having root canal treatment and crown placed. Two methods are usually adopted for the removal of the mesiodens; Extraction prior the formation of root and delayed removal after root formation of the permanent incisors. Few extracts also indicate the removal of the mesiodens during early mixed dentition in relation to help voluntary eruption and positioning of the anterior. The diagnosis was mesiodens having root canal treatment and crown placed. Treatment included two options, with extraction and orthodontic treatment being one option, and root canal retreatment, post and core with crown being the second. The effectiveness of the management lies in the proper evaluation and management of the patient for better outcome.

Keywords: Mesiodens, Extraction, orthodontic treatment, Dentition.

Medical Science, 2020, 24(105), 3736-3741

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