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CASE REPORT

Geminated Maxillary Lateral Incisor with Talon's Cusp – A Rare Case Report

Mahesh Goel

Citation Information : Goel M. Geminated Maxillary Lateral Incisor with Talon's Cusp – A Rare Case Report. J Oral Health Comm Dent 2007; 1 (2):40-42.

DOI: 10.5005/johcd-1-2-40

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Published Online: 01-09-2012

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Abstract

A rare case of Geminated maxillary lateral incisor with Talon's cusp is reported. In order to relieve the crowding, align the anteriors and to facilitate the eruption of canine it was planned to extract the geminated tooth. The canine after complete eruption was recontoured to the shape of lateral incisor followed by the alignment of anterior teeth.


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