Talon Cusp

                                                                  Talon Cusp 

 

 A 10 year old girl, presented to Smile Care Dental Clinic, Dhubri, Assam complaining of extra tooth in the upper jaw.

Clinical & radiographic examination reveals unilateral talon's tubercle projecting lingually from the cingulum of right permanent maxillary lateral incisor. The palatal surface of right maxillary permanent lateral incisor had a deep developmental groove where the talon cusp blends with the sloping palatal tooth surface. It's composed of normal enamel, dentin & a horn of pulp tissue. There were no positive findings for systemic condition, &/or any association with Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome. As the anterior open bite & talon cusp did not cause any occlusal interference, no corrective treatment for the tooth was performed.

 

Intraoral Periapical Radiograph reveals talon cusp irt 12

 

 

Courtsey: 

Dr. Rahul More

Dr. Priya Agarwal

Dr. Pallavi Roy

Dr. Shilpa Jain

Smile Care Dental Clinic, Dhubri, Assam

Reference:

Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology

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Acknowledgement - No funding to declare.