Abstract

Alterations in tooth development may occur in different ways. One of them is when there are mutations in tooth shape. Occurrence of such alterations may directly affect clinical practice of dentists, interfering with endodontic, orthodontic, and tooth extraction procedures, for example. For that reason, it is of the utmost importance that doctors of dental medicine should be able to identify such alterations. Objective: This study aims to establish the relationship between different morphologic alterations and the images obtained by means of digital x-ray. Study Design: Ten previously extracted teeth were selected, which present the following alterations: dental erosion, talon cusp, taurodontism, hypercementosis, dilacerated root, supernumerary roots, enamel pearls, cervical enamel projection, concrescence, fusion, short root, and rhizomegaly. The aforementioned teeth were cataloged, photographed, and x-rayed. Later, a closer analysis enabled us to observe the relation between visible morphologic alterations and those detected by radiographic testing, thereby determining the correlation between the 2 parameters. Results: Alterations that can affect dental procedures are concrescence, supernumerary roots, dilacerated root, hypercementosis, taurodontism, fusion, short root, and rhizomegalia. Conclusion: It is absolutely essential that x-rays be done before any dental procedures.

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