Unilateral Maxillary Canine Agenesis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Unilateral Maxillary Canine Agenesis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Congenital absence of maxillary permanent canines is an extremely rare condition, which may appear as part of a syndrome or as a nonsyndromic form. Nonsyndromic canine agenesis combined with other types of tooth agenesis has occasionally been described in the literature but isolated cases are rarely...

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Main Authors: Nagihan Koç, L. Berna Çağırankaya, Nursel Akkaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dentistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/685014
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spelling doaj-2eb0232f9c094d5a9be8effa556c1ee82021-07-02T09:27:36ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Dentistry2090-64472090-64552014-01-01201410.1155/2014/685014685014Unilateral Maxillary Canine Agenesis: A Case Report and Literature ReviewNagihan Koç0L. Berna Çağırankaya1Nursel Akkaya2Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, 06100 Ankara, TurkeyCongenital absence of maxillary permanent canines is an extremely rare condition, which may appear as part of a syndrome or as a nonsyndromic form. Nonsyndromic canine agenesis combined with other types of tooth agenesis has occasionally been described in the literature but isolated cases are rarely observed. This report presents an isolated case of maxillary permanent canine agenesis in a healthy 18-year-old female patient and a literature review on the prevalence, etiology, and differential diagnosis of the condition.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/685014
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Unilateral Maxillary Canine Agenesis: A Case Report and Literature Review
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title Unilateral Maxillary Canine Agenesis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Unilateral Maxillary Canine Agenesis: A Case Report and Literature Review
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description Congenital absence of maxillary permanent canines is an extremely rare condition, which may appear as part of a syndrome or as a nonsyndromic form. Nonsyndromic canine agenesis combined with other types of tooth agenesis has occasionally been described in the literature but isolated cases are rarely observed. This report presents an isolated case of maxillary permanent canine agenesis in a healthy 18-year-old female patient and a literature review on the prevalence, etiology, and differential diagnosis of the condition.
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