INBDE (Integrated National Board Dental Examination) Practice Exam

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Failure at the bud stage of tooth development may result in?

  1. Congenitally missing or supernumerary teeth

  2. Cyst formation

  3. Odontoma

  4. Fusion of teeth

The correct answer is: Congenitally missing or supernumerary teeth

A common misconception that failure at the bud stage of tooth development may result in congenitally missing or supernumerary teeth results from the belief that the failure of a tooth to form will result in an extra tooth. In reality, each tooth is formed from a specific bud stage of development and its absence will result in the permanent absence of that tooth. Cyst formation and odontoma are both abnormalities that can occur during tooth development, but they are not directly caused by failure at the bud stage. Fusion of teeth is a developmental anomaly where two separate tooth buds fuse together, and would not occur if one of the buds failed to develop properly.

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