Rare Occurrence of Four Rooted Maxillary Third Molar: A Case Report

  • Shashank Yadav
Keywords: Maxillary Third Molar, Four Roots, Rare Occurrence

Abstract

This case report presents a rare variant of maxillary third molar variant, which had four roots. A 48-year-old male patient complained about severe pain in his left maxillary tooth region of the jaw. A clinical intraoral inspection and radiography were carried out on the tooth, and a diagnosis of chronic apical periodontitis was made. An uneventful extraction was performed for the same.

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CITATION
DOI: 10.26440/IHRJ/01_10/138
Published: 2018-01-10
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Shashank Yadav. Rare Occurrence of Four Rooted Maxillary Third Molar: A Case Report. IHRJ [Internet]. 2018Jan.10 [cited 2024Mar.29];1(10):320-2. Available from: https://ihrjournal.com/ihrj/article/view/78