Taurodontism
Taurodontism is defined as the enlargement of pulp chambers with the furcation area being displaced toward the apex of the root of a tooth. It cannot be diagnosed clinically and requires radiographic visualization since the crown of a taurodontic tooth appears normal and its distinguishing features are present below the alveolar margin. Taurodontism can present in deciduous or permanent dentition, unilaterally or bilaterally, but is most common in the permanent molar teeth of humans. The underlying mechanism of taurodontism is the failure or late invagination of Hertwig's epithelial root sheat
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Research
541 papers- Taurodontism.Oral radiology · 2020
- Taurodontism.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2014
- Taurodontism--a review.Dental update · 2009
- Prevalence of taurodontism: meta-analysis in recent humans and evolutionary perspectives.Homo : internationale Zeitschrift fur die vergleichende Forschung am Menschen · 2022
- The relevance of taurodontism in forensic dental age estimation.Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2024
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Shaw 1928
- Shifman & Chanannel 1978
- Landmark ratio
- Clinical Considerations
- Anthropology
- Related conditions
- References
- External links
Taurodontism is defined as the enlargement of pulp chambers with the furcation area being displaced toward the apex of the root of a tooth. It cannot be diagnosed clinically and requires radiographic visualization since the crown of a taurodontic tooth appears normal and its distinguishing features are present below the alveolar margin. Taurodontism can present in deciduous or permanent dentition, unilaterally or bilaterally, but is most common in the permanent molar teeth of humans. The underlying mechanism of taurodontism is the failure or late invagination of Hertwig's epithelial root sheath, which leads an apical shift of the root furcation.
==Classification== 400px|thumb|alt=A|right|upright=0.35| Taurodontism Shaw The term was coined by Sir Arthur Keith. It comes from the Latin taurus meaning "bull" and the Greek ὀδούς (odous), genitive singular ὀδόντος (odontos) meaning "tooth", to indicate the similarity of these teeth to those of hoofed/ungulates, or cud-chewing animals.