A Clinical Image of Enamel Hypoplasia-Turners Tooth

Clinical Image

Austin J Dent. 2016; 3(6): 1056.

A Clinical Image of Enamel Hypoplasia-Turners Tooth

Vijayendranath NS*, Raghavendra K, Ashwini B, Rao PK, Bhandarkar GP and Kashyap RR

Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, AJ Institute of Dental Sciences, India

*Corresponding author: Vijayendranath Nayak S, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, AJ Institute of Dental Sciences, Kuntikana, NH-66, Mangaluru - 575004, Karnataka, India

Received: November 12, 2016; Accepted: December 01, 2016; Published: December 05, 2016

Clinical Image

A 11 year old female patient comes to the department of oral medicine and radiology with a chief complain of broken teeth in upper front teeth region since its eruption (Figure 1). Past medical history was non- contributory. Patient gave a history of decayed deciduous incisors which was removed due to dental caries. Patient gave no contributory history regarding any deliterious habits. On intraoral examination of the teeth showed brown discoloration in the right maxillary central incisors. Yellowish discoloration seen on the left maxillary central incisors. Tooth was non tender on palpation and percussion. In both the incisor teeth enamel discoloration, abnormal coalescence, with some parts of the enamel was missing. Correlating the past dental history of the patient and its effect on the enamel of the permanent teeth, a final diagnosis of Type IV enamel hypoplasia/ Turners tooth was given.

Citation: Vijayendranath NS, Raghavendra K, Ashwini B, Rao PK, Bhandarkar GP and Kashyap RR. A Clinical Image of Enamel Hypoplasia-Turners Tooth. Austin J Dent. 2016; 3(6): 1056. ISSN : 2381-9189