Bipronged Inverted Impacted Third Molar-A CBCT Analysis
Supratim Tripathi *
Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ramesh Chandra
Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Payal Tripathi
Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Hena Rahman
Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Shailja Singh
Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Manjusha Mohan
Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Om Prakash Dubey
Career Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Bilateral inverted impacted third molar is a very rare incidence. Dearth of dental arch length and space are also considered as the chief cause for tooth impaction. Reviewing the literatures, mandibular third molar was the most frequently impacted tooth, followed by the maxillary third molars, the maxillary canines and the mandibular premolars.
Keywords: Unilatral impaction, bilatral impaction, cone beam computed tomography, ortho pantomo gram.