Author/Authors :
Shenai, Prashanth Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology - Yenepoya Dental College - Yenepoya University - Deralakatte - Mangalore, India , Kumar Rao, Prasanna Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology - Yenepoya Dental College - Yenepoya University - Deralakatte - Mangalore, India , Prabhu, Rachana V. Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology - Yenepoya Dental College - Yenepoya University - Deralakatte - Mangalore, India , Veena, K.M. Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology - Yenepoya Dental College - Yenepoya University - Deralakatte - Mangalore, India , Shetty, Shishir Ram Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology - A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences - Nitte University - Deralakatte - Man-galore, India , Chatra, Laxmikanth Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology - Yenepoya Dental College - Yenepoya University - Deralakatte - Mangalore, India
Abstract :
Talon cusp is a dental anomaly also known as an eagle’s talon. It is an extra cusp on an anterior tooth which arises as a re-sult of evagination on the surface of a crown before calcification has occurred. The exact etiology is unknown. The inci-dence of talon cusp is less than 6%. Commonly involved teeth are maxillary incisors, usually unilateral but in some in-stances bilateral. The classical radiographical feature of talon cusp is double teeth appearance. The anomaly has been re-ported to be unusual in the mandibular dentition. This article reports an unusual case of talon cusp of permanent mandibular central incisors.
Keywords :
mandibular incisors , evagination , Eagle’s talon , Dental anomaly
