Child with less than normal number of teeth, mandibular lateral incisor is larger than usual; on x rays it shows with two roots and two roots canals; your diagnosis is
a. Dilaceration
b. Gemination
c. Fusion
d. Concrescence
a. Dilaceration
b. Gemination
c. Fusion
d. Concrescence
The correct answer is C: Dilaceration: Trauma to developing teeth causing the root
to form at an angle Concrescence: Fusion of roots of adjacent teeth,
joined by cementum. Gemination: Embryologic partial division of a
primordium. For example, gemination of a single tooth germ results in two
partially or completely separated crowns on a single root.
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