Diferentes métodos biométricos para el diagnóstico de taurodontismo
- Ingrid Misu
- Alba Pecharromán Cabrero
- Montserrat Diéguez Pérez
ISSN: 1697-6398, 1697-641X
Year of publication: 2017
Volume: 14
Issue: 3
Pages: 61-64
Type: Article
More publications in: Científica dental: Revista científica de formación continuada
Abstract
Taurodontism is a developmental anomaly that affects the morphology of the pulp tissue. The teeth with this alteration, present a large pulp chamber in occlusal-apical sense beyond the amelocementary union. The objective of this article is to describe in a synthesized and updated way the biometric methods that can be used in the diagnosis of taurodontism in permanent dentition. These allow us to determine not only the presence of taurodontism but also the degree to which this alteration can occur (hypertaurodontism, mesotaurodontismand hypotaurdontism). In spite of the evolution that they have undergone during the last century, the main disadvantage that present these metric valuations at present, is the difficulty to locate the points of reference of a reproducible form on panoramic radiographs.