Baba Farid University Dental Journal
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 2

Bilateral Mandibular Fusion in Primary Teeth-A Case Report

  • Author:
  • Suruchi Juneja1,, Purshottam Jasuja2, Harsimrit Kaur3, Kanika Gupta4, Bhavneesh Goel5
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 158 to 160

1Assistant Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Surendera Dental College & Research Institute, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan

2Professor & Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Surendera Dental College & Research Institute, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan

3Professor & Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Surendera Dental College & Research Institute, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan

4Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Surendera Dental College & Research Institute, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan

5Assistant Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Surendera Dental College & Research Institute, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan

*Address for Correspondence: Dr. Suruchi Juneja, Assistant Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Surendera Dental College & Research Institute, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan

Online published on 18 May, 2016.

Abstract

Fusion is a developmental anomaly found in both deciduous and permanent dentition. However, bilateral mandibular fusion of the primary incisors is a rare event. When all four permanent successors are present, this event becomes rarer still. Once fusion has been diagnosed, careful monitoring is required till the deciduous tooth sheds, since problems with exfoliation can occur, along with caries formation in the groove of the incompletely fused teeth.