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Published in: Oral Radiology 2/2010

01-12-2010 | Case Report

A case of true concrescence diagnosed with cone-beam CT and in vivo micro-CT

Authors: Masamichi Ono, Osamu Shimizu, Koichiro Ueda, Junko Hashimoto, Hiroshi Shiratsuchi, Yoshiyuki Yonehara, Kazuya Honda

Published in: Oral Radiology | Issue 2/2010

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Abstract

A 33-year-old woman visited our hospital complaining of pain in the left maxillary second molar. The second molar was submerged, and the third molar was impacted. Cone-beam computed tomography images showed that the roots of the second and third molars were very close to each other. Under local anesthesia, the concrescent teeth were extracted en bloc. The histopathological diagnosis was concrescence of the teeth. Micro-computed tomography images also showed that the teeth were fused by the cementum only, without involvement of the dentin.
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Metadata
Title
A case of true concrescence diagnosed with cone-beam CT and in vivo micro-CT
Authors
Masamichi Ono
Osamu Shimizu
Koichiro Ueda
Junko Hashimoto
Hiroshi Shiratsuchi
Yoshiyuki Yonehara
Kazuya Honda
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Oral Radiology / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0911-6028
Electronic ISSN: 1613-9674
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11282-010-0043-8

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