Non-syndromic familial unerupted teeth:A rare contidion

Abstract

A tooth that remains unerupted beyond the normal time of eruption and fails to erupt is calledan impacted tooth. Maxillofacial surgeons encounter the problem of impacted teeth very often.Usually, impacted teeth involve the permanent dentition and they are rare in the primarydentition. Impaction of a primary tooth is a very rare entity. These rare cases are seen morefrequently in primary second molars, followed by the order of the lower and upper centralincisor, lateral incisor and the canine teeth. Evolutionary and hereditary factors may causeuneruption.In this report, three cases of impacted primary teeth that belong to same familial members arepresented. Father and sons. We extracted boy’s teeth but father refused treatment.