Kissing molarsの1例

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Kissing molars is an extremely rare condition of impacted permanent molars that have occlusal surfaces in contact with each other in a single follicular space, with roots pointing in opposite directions. Fully-impacted permanent molars occur only in the mandible.

　The patient was a 26-year-old woman with discomfort of the mandibular right molars. Panoramic radiography and computed tomography showed the full impaction of the second and third mandibular right molars, which had occlusal surfaces in contact with each other in a single follicular space, with their roots pointing in opposite directions. Associated follicular tissue was removed along with both molars. Histopathologically, the lesion was diagnosed as a dentigerous cyst. The postoperative course was uneventful.