Signs and symptoms - Uncomfortable sensation in the tooth - Aching pain - Radiopaque mass at each root apex on radiographs - Complication of Pagets disease of bone in the form of generalised hypercementosis - Compensatory mechanism in response to attrition to increase occlusal tooth height

Complications - Bulbous enlargements on roots - Interference with extractions, especially if adjacent teeth become fused (concrescence) - Pulpal necrosis by blocking blood supply via the apical foramen - Difficulty in dental procedures due to hypercementosis - Increased risk of infection and inflammation in the affected tooth

References - L Napier Souza, S Monteiro Lima Júnior FJ Garcia Santos Pimenta, AC Rodrigues Antunes Souza and R Santiago Gomez. Atypical hypercementosis versus cementoblastoma. dmfr.birjournals.org. Retrieved 2009-09-08. - {{cite web}} - CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Hypercementosis or Dental Exostosis. chestofbooks.com. Retrieved 2009-09-08. - Charles, Dunlap (2004). Abnormalities of Teeth (PDF). - Illustrated Dental Embryology, Histology, and Anatomy, Bath-Balogh and Fehrenbach, Elsevier, 2011

External links - Classification: ICD-10: K03.4, ICD-9-CM: 521.5 - Capnocytophaga sp. - Information on hypercementosis from reliable sources - Case studies and research articles on hypercementosis - Treatment options and management strategies for hypercementosis