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.
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- 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

Hypercementosis (Wikipedia)

Hypercementosis is an idiopathic, non-neoplastic condition characterised by the excessive buildup of normal cementum (calcified tissue) on the roots of one or more teeth. A thicker layer of cementum can give the tooth an enlarged appearance, which mainly occurs at the apex or apices of the tooth.

Hypercementosis
Specialty	Dentistry