Case Report
Extremely Rare Form of Impaction Bilateral Kissing Molars: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
Table 1
Cases reported as bilateral kissing molars in the English dental literature.
| Author/year | Sex/age | Symptom | Radiographic presentation | Medical problems | Treatment | Postop | Histopathology |
| van Hoof 1973 [3] | Male 31 | None | Bilateral Mandibular Impaction | Intellectually challenged | Maintained | — | — | Robinson et al. 1991 [15] | Male 25 | None | Bilateral Mandibular Impaction | None | Maintained | — | — | Nakamura et al. 1992 [11] | Male 25 | None | Bilateral rosette formation in both jaws | MPS | Maintained | — | — | Nakamura et al. 1992 [11] | Male 17 | None | Bilateral rosette formation in both jaws | MPS | Maintained | — | — | Nakamura et al. 1992 [11] | Male 21 | None | Bilateral rosette formation in both jaws | None | Maintained | — | — | Bakaeen and Baqain 2005 [16] | Male 23 | Facial pain | Bilateral Mandibular Impaction | None | Surgical removal under GA | Trismus and dry socket | — | Sa Fartes et al. 2014 [17] | Male 33 | None | Bilateral Mandibular Impaction | None | Surgical removal under LA | — | Dentigerous cyst | Kiran et al. 2014 [18] | Female 18 | None | Bilateral Mandibular Impaction | None | Surgical removal under GA | — | — | Present case 2015 | Female 38 | Swelling over the right lower side of the face | Bilateral Mandibular Impaction | None | Surgical removal under LA | — | — |
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MPS: mucopolysaccharidosis, GA: general anesthesia, and LA: local anesthesia.
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