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Supernumerary Permanent Lateral Incisor

What is a Supernumerary Tooth?

Posted onOctober 4, 2012September 8, 2016

One abnormal variation of the patient’s dentition, that can effect the occlusion, is supernumerary teeth or extra teeth. The etiology of supernumerary teeth is not known but it may be due to patient’s genetics in tooth bud formation.

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