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Case of the Week: Gemination

This entry was posted in Case of the week and tagged gemination tooth anomalies twinning videos on June 21, 2013 by Dr. Shawneen Gonzalez

This week is a fun case of bilateral gemination.  Gemination presents as an abnormally large tooth where the overall arch count is still 16 (not to be confused with fusion which reduces the arch count to 15).  This case shows gemination bilaterally associated with the mandibular third molars. Here is […]

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Case of the Week: Gemination 2

This entry was posted in Case of the week and tagged gemination tooth anomalies twinning on January 20, 2012 by Dr. Shawneen Gonzalez

This week I have a case of some very large mandibular third molars.  The right mandibular third molar appears as if it’s two molars stuck together.  This is due to gemination or twinning.  Gemination is when a single developing tooth germ attempts to divide but is unable to completely divide […]

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