TOPIC: TEETH ANOMALIES

🌟IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER

🔸MACRODONTIA AND MICRODONTIA: Teeth are larger than normal in macrodontia.

🔸AMELOGENESIS IMPERFECTA: It has various types – hypoplastic type (enamel of the affected teeth fails to develop to its normal thickness), hypomaturation type (enamel shows a mottled appearance; it is softer than normal and appears cloudy white, yellow or brown), hypocalcification type (penetrated by a sharp instrument with pressure) and hypomaturation/hypocalcification (enamel is usually mottled and discoloured). Radiologically hypoplastic variety shows square-shaped crown, thin enamel and low or absence of cusps, and hypomaturation shows density of the enamel is same as that of dentine and thickness of the enamel is normal.