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Anomalies of tooth position

Anomalias de posição dos dentes

Category

Definition

Dental anomalies are craniofacial abnormalities of form, function, or position of the teeth, bones, and tissues of the jaw and mouth. Anomalies of tooth position can be classified in ectopic, transmigration, transposition, rotation.

Inclusions

  • Diastema of teeth

Index Terms

Anomalies of tooth positionDiastema of teethabnormal spacing of tooth or teethCrowding of tooth or teethDistomolar causing crowdingMesiodens causing crowdingParamolar causing crowdingSupplemental teeth causing crowdingSupernumerary teeth causing crowdingDisplacement of tooth or teethImbrication of teethImpacted or embedded teeth with abnormal position of such teeth or adjacent teethRotation of tooth or teethTransposition of tooth or teeth