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Case Report

Till Surgery Do Us Part: Unexpected Bilateral Kissing Molars

by
Narayanankutty Anish
,
Velayudhannair Vivek
*,
Sunila Thomas
,
Vineet Alex Daniel
,
Jincy Thomas
and
Prasanna Ranimol
Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Trivandrum 695028, Kerala, India
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2015, 5(1), 688; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.688
Submission received: 22 July 2014 / Revised: 22 July 2014 / Accepted: 3 October 2014 / Published: 2 February 2015

Abstract

The occurrence impacted teeth, single or multiple is very common. But, phenomenon of kissing molars is an extremely rare phenomenon. Mandibular third molars are the most common impacted teeth. Mandibular first or second molars does not share the same frequency of occurrence. But, there are rare cases in which the occlusal surfaces of impacted molars are united by the same follicular space and the roots point in the opposite direction, and are termed as kissing molars. Sometimes, these teeth will be associated with pathologies. This article reports a rare case of mandibular bilateral kissing molars.
Keywords: kissing molars; impaction; rosette formation; mandibular kissing molars; impaction; rosette formation; mandibular

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Anish, N.; Vivek, V.; Thomas, S.; Daniel, V.A.; Thomas, J.; Ranimol, P. Till Surgery Do Us Part: Unexpected Bilateral Kissing Molars. Clin. Pract. 2015, 5, 688. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.688

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Anish N, Vivek V, Thomas S, Daniel VA, Thomas J, Ranimol P. Till Surgery Do Us Part: Unexpected Bilateral Kissing Molars. Clinics and Practice. 2015; 5(1):688. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.688

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Anish, Narayanankutty, Velayudhannair Vivek, Sunila Thomas, Vineet Alex Daniel, Jincy Thomas, and Prasanna Ranimol. 2015. "Till Surgery Do Us Part: Unexpected Bilateral Kissing Molars" Clinics and Practice 5, no. 1: 688. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.688

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