1Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
2Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Dentistry, SEGi University, Malaysia
3Director & Cert. Cosmetic Dentist, Department of Dentistry, Vibha Dental Care Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
4Reader, Department of Oral Pathology, MS Ramiah Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
5Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
*Correspondence Dr. Karthik Venkataraghavan. Department of Pedodontics and Preventive, College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Email: veekart@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 18 January, 2019.
Taurodontism is a developmental disturbance of a tooth, which lacks constriction at the level of the cement-enamel junction and characterized by vertical elongation of the pulp chamber, apically displaced pulpal floor and bifurcated or trifurcated roots. This condition is probably the result of failure of the epithelial root sheet to differentiate and induce the normal root formation. It may affect the deciduous (rarely) or permanent dentition. It refers to a tooth form, characterized by an external block configuration and often goes unnoticed by the clinician. In some families, it is inherited as autosomal dominant trait, with no gender predilection. Taurodontism in first primary molar is a rare phenomenon. This paper attempts to review taurodontism, both in the primary and permanent dentition and report a case of taurodontism in the primary first molars.
Deciduous molars, non-syndromic, taurodontism
