Short root anomaly with cyst formation and defective phonetics: Diagnosis and treatment

Abstract

Generalized diminished root is a rare condition leading to early loss of teeth. This report describes the diagnosis and treatment of a 20-year-old short-stature male patient suffering from unusual generalized short roots associated with microdontia, taurodontism of the posterior teeth and multiple dens invaginatus, who had lost several teeth due to spontaneous exfoliation.

Keywords

• dens invaginatus
• dentinal dysplasia
• microdontia
• taurodontism