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Purpose of this page is to help people out with pictures of conditions that I have seen in my office.
DISCLAIMER: These pictures are original and are NOT to be used anywhere else WITHOUT my permission.  Not on any website, publication, etc. This site is now officially copyrighted.
You can click on the picture to see the larger view.

Fused tooth


 This picture is of a male child.  His dad has the same fused tooth.  I will get a pic of his dad's tooth and put it up on the site here. This child has been referred to the orthodontist.  He is going to need early treatment.

Suppuration

This man had many sites of suppuration.  I actually got the best shot of this one.

Supernumerary Tooth

 
This woman has 3 premolars on the LR, The pic on the right shows it more.  We weren't able to take a FMX on her due to the fact that she had one taken 6 months prior, but we have requested her xrays and when we get them I will scan her PAs of this area. Ok, so what do we call this tooth?  29a?

Congenitally Missing Teeth


 This is my daughter's pans.  One before ortho and one after.  If you notice she has congenitally missing teeth.  1, 16, 17, 18 and 31 are congenitally missing.  #13 also never developed properly.  She has since had "J" removed.  Tx options are to wait to see if #13 develops (which it looks the same way it did three years ago) or opt for removing 13 and having an implant placed there.  Orthodontist also stated there is a 50% chance she will need a gingival graft on lingual and facial of 22-27 when orthodontic tx is completed.

Her other xrays are here, before ortho:


The Reason to ALWAYS do an oral cancer screening on EVERY patient! This patient was referred out to the oral surgeon for a biopsy.  Test turned out negative but YOU NEVER KNOW! This patient used chewing tobacco and this was the area where he placed it.


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