Consideraciones odontológicas del paciente con taurodontismo. A propósito de un caso
- Martín Martínez Puga
- Luís Naval Gías
- Natalia Martínez Rodríguez
- José Mª Martínez-González
- Cristina Barona Dorado
ISSN: 1697-6398, 1697-641X
Year of publication: 2019
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Pages: 57-61
Type: Article
More publications in: Científica dental: Revista científica de formación continuada
Abstract
Dental anomalies are formative defects caused by genetic disturbances during tooth morphogenesis, can be caused by factors of a hereditary, systemic, traumatic or local nature. One such anomaly is taurodontism. It is characterized by pulp chamber enlargement, which may approximate of the root apex, with the body of the tooth enlarged at the expense of the roots and apically displaced furcation areas. The aim of this case report is to describe the abnormalities of tooth shape and particularly the management in the dental clinic of patients with taurodontism. For this purpose a case of a eighteen years patient visiting the Hospital Universitario de la Princesa of Madrid to assess the extraction of two molars located in the first and fourth quadrants. After a proper clinical and radiological diagnostic we proceeded to the extraction.