Abstract
A case of hypertaurodontism involving the permanent dentition of a 13-year-old American Caucasian girl has been presented, along with a historical review of this subject, in an effort to make the dental profession more cognizant of the existence of taurodontism so that it may aid in future dental contributions to the study of this anthropologic rarity. Its addition to the evidence presented by Coon, Miller, Senyürek, Shaw, and Weidenreich in earlier work lends support to the knowledge that this common primitive characteristic is still found in many modern races and therefore cannot be used to denote a specialized trait of Homo neanderthalensis alone. Taurodontism is thought to be caused by the failure of Hertwig's epithelial sheath to invaginate at the proper horizontal level. Further investigation into the heritability of this trait is needed.
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