Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry (Jan 2010)
Bone formation with disruption of the lamina dura in the mandibular third molar
Abstract
Minoru Yamaoka, Masahide Ishizuka, Masahiro Takahashi, Takashi Uematsu, Kiyofumi FurusawaMatsumoto Dental University, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shiojiri, Nagano, JapanAbstract: The lamina dura is a healthy structural component in teeth. This study highlights the association of bone formation with disruption of lamina dura below the crown of the mandibular horizontal incompletely impacted third molar.Keywords: lamina dura, radiolucency, bone formation, mandible, third molar