%0 Journal Article
%T MANDIBULAR AND MAXILLARY DISTOMOLARS IN THE ORTHODONTIC CHILD PATIENT: A REPORT OF 3 CASES
%A J.U. Ifesanya
%A O.O. Jaiyeoba
%J Archive of "Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine".
%D 2018
%X Multiple supernumerary molars are rare and are usually detected on routine radiological investigations. Supernumerary molars could occur as paramolars or distomolars. Occurrence of distomolars in children is reported to be a rare occurrence. In this report of 3 cases, bilateral maxillary and mandibular impacted fourth molars were observed as incidental findings on orthopanthomograms in children between the ages of 12 and 15 years
%K Supernumerary teeth
%K Supernumerary molars
%K Distomolars
%K Fourth molars
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6580405/