Inverted Tooth into Nasal Vestibule: Report of a Case

Abstract

A 14-year-old boy visited us, complaining of bilateral nasal obstruction particularly on the left side. A swelling of small-finger tip size was noticed at the basis of nasal sep-tum in the vestibule on the right side and a part of a tooth was exposed outside the swel-ling. The tooth and its surrounding tissue were surgically removed.
From the findings of operation it could be considered that the tooth is a supernumerary mesiodens and the surrounding tissue is granulation caused by chronic irritation of the nasal secretion.