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CASE REPORT article

Front. Dent. Med
Sec. Pediatric Dentistry
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fdmed.2024.1502195
This article is part of the Research Topic Uncovering a Multidisciplinary Approach in Pediatric Dentistry View all 7 articles

Management of a Pediatric Patient with Dental Anomalies and its Effect on Psychosocial Status: A Case Report

Provisionally accepted
Wesam Damanhouri Wesam Damanhouri 1Kholoud Moussa Kholoud Moussa 1Joudi Bathallath Joudi Bathallath 2*Zohour Alsomali Zohour Alsomali 1Abeer Bakor Abeer Bakor 1Moaz Attar Moaz Attar 3
  • 1 King Fahad Hospital Jeddah, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
  • 2 Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 3 King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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    Managing multiple dental anomalies in the anterior region of the dental arch presents unique and complex challenges. This case report describes using a multidisciplinary approach to manage a child with not only a fused tooth with a supernumerary but also the presence of other supernumerary teeth in the same place. In this case, deviation from the standard management of a fused permanent anterior tooth, an anchor for aesthetics, by extracting it because of crown root complexity and allowing a supernumerary to erupt into its place made the difference in the successful outcome. However, this condition required multidisciplinary management that necessitated the involvement of the psychiatric department. Continuous assessment of the patient's psychosocial function using the Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SADS) allowed appropriate guidance to manage the patient's behavior. This case report added a different perspective on managing a fused tooth with a supernumerary to the literature. It showed how dental aesthetics can have an adverse effect on children's psychology.

    Keywords: Supernumerary, case report, Fusion, Dental Anomaly, psychosocial

    Received: 12 Oct 2024; Accepted: 16 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Damanhouri, Moussa, Bathallath, Alsomali, Bakor and Attar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Joudi Bathallath, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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