{"id":8099,"date":"2020-02-24T07:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T07:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2023-10-30T07:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T07:28:02","slug":"supernumerary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/supernumerary\/","title":{"rendered":"Supernumerary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than the routine or normal number.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Extra, more than the usual number.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Extra teeth located in the dental arch. Supernumerary teeth may be present anywhere along the jaw where the 32 permanent teeth are normally positioned. They most commonly appear among the top teeth, between the two front teeth, or behind the third molar (wisdom tooth). When supernumerary teeth are located between the two front teeth, there may be one or two of them and they may be fully erupted (grown out from the gum), impacted, inverted, or fused to one of the front teeth. When they are impacted, they are detected with the use of X rays. Supernumerary teeth are usually surgically removed, especially when they interfere with the positioning of the permanent teeth. There are rarely additional teeth among the 20 primary teeth; when this occurs, it is usually in the area of the upper incisors (the teeth between the central front teeth and the eye teeth) and the cuspids (the eye teeth). A dentist can evaluate the need for intervention when there are supernumerary teeth among the primary teeth.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A phrase indicating &#8220;beyond the typical quantity.&#8221; Supernumerary teeth can also arise, and they are typically removed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-45\">\n<div class=\"p-4 gizmo:py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7422f05e-022b-4efc-b3ba-b1713e2e4395\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>Surpassing the typical quantity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than the routine or normal number. Extra, more than the usual number. Extra teeth located in the dental arch. Supernumerary teeth may be present anywhere along the jaw where the 32 permanent teeth are normally positioned. They most commonly appear among the top teeth, between the two front teeth, or behind the third molar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Supernumerary - Definition of Supernumerary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More than the routine or normal number.Extra, more than the usual number.Extra teeth located in the dental arch. 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