Bilateral occurrence of bimaxillary bi-rooted primary canines: a rare case report with review of the literature

Extraction of a Bi-Rooted Primary Maxillary Canine Tooth in a 9-Year-Old Saudi Boy: A Case Report

“…The first case reported in the literature for a bi-rooted canine was published in 1941 [10] and the first case report of bi-rooted primary maxillary canines from Saudi Arabia was in 2019 [11]. Two recent case reports -in addition to our case -from Saudi Arabia describe bilateral bi-rooted maxillary canines [9,11]. Our case is the first case of a unilateral bi-rooted primary maxillary canine reported from Saudi Arabia.…”

“…Panoramic radiographs may give an initial sign of the existence of these abnormalities and further indicate the need for an intraoral radiograph to confirm or rule out the presence of such dental anomalies. The detection of this abnormality depends mainly on radiographic examination [9]. The first case reported in the literature for a bi-rooted canine was published in 1941 [10] and the first case report of bi-rooted primary maxillary canines from Saudi Arabia was in 2019 [11].…”

“…Our case is the first case of a unilateral bi-rooted primary maxillary canine reported from Saudi Arabia. An important aspect of these case reports to be noted is that, in the 2 recent cases from Saudi Arabia, the occurrence of this anomaly was described in male individuals, and both were 8 to 9 years old at the time of detection [9,11]. A table of reported cases of bi-rooted canines in the literature, which was updated and reviewed by Assiry in 2019, illustrates that, based on these data, this anomaly tends to have a higher incidence in males than in females.…”

Terapia pulpar de urgencia en un canino temporal birradicado. Caso clínico.

“…La prevalencia de las raíces birradiculares en dentición decidua, comparada con la dentición permanente es menor, y de acuerdo con la literatura revisada, algunos autores reportan que los caninos maxilares son afectados con menor frecuencia en comparación con los caninos mandibulares, sin embargo, son los de mayor prevalencia en el maxilar, se han reportado casos en niños japoneses, africanos y caucásicos. 1,[4][5][6]8 Por otra parte, en su revisión de la literatura, Almulhim encontró que hasta el momento existen más de 18 casos sobre caninos birradiculares publicados, la mayoría de los casos coincide en que esta anomalía se presentó con mayor predilección por el sexo masculino, siendo de carácter bilateral, 13 tal como se reporta en el presente caso clínico. Dentro de la literatura revisada, solo Talebi et al (2010), reportan el caso clínico de una niña de 6 años con presencia de caninos maxilares birradicados, en los cuales se realizó tratamiento pulpar debido a las lesiones cariosas que presentaban.…”