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/yearSex/ageSymptomRadiographic presentationMedical problemsTreatment PostopHistopathology

van Hoof 1973 [3]Male 31NoneBilateral Mandibular ImpactionIntellectually challengedMaintained
Robinson et al. 1991 [15]Male 25NoneBilateral Mandibular ImpactionNoneMaintained
Nakamura et al. 1992 [11]Male 25NoneBilateral rosette formation in both jawsMPSMaintained
Nakamura et al. 1992 [11]Male 17NoneBilateral rosette formation in both jawsMPSMaintained
Nakamura et al. 1992 [11]Male 21NoneBilateral rosette formation in both jawsNoneMaintained
Bakaeen and Baqain 2005 [16]Male 23Facial painBilateral Mandibular ImpactionNoneSurgical removal under GATrismus and dry socket
Sa Fartes et al. 2014 [17]Male 33NoneBilateral Mandibular ImpactionNoneSurgical removal under LADentigerous cyst
Kiran et al. 2014 [18]Female 18NoneBilateral Mandibular ImpactionNoneSurgical removal under GA
Present case  2015Female 38Swelling over the right lower side of the faceBilateral Mandibular ImpactionNoneSurgical removal under LA

MPS: mucopolysaccharidosis, GA: general anesthesia, and LA: local anesthesia.