A case of supplemental maxillary deciduous canines is described in a ten-year-old Saudi boy. Supplemental teeth usually occur in the maxilla and occasionally in the mandible, generally involving the permanent lateral incisors. The prevalence of supplemental deciduous teeth is discussed.
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