Dens In Dente - Dens en Dente or Dens Invaginatus - “Tooth Within a Tooth”

Dens in Dente, also called Dens en Dente or Dens Invaginatus or translated literally as “Tooth Within a Tooth” is a dental condition that develops during teeth formation in which the outer surfaces of the tooth become folded inward, resulting in what appears on dental x-rays as a small tooth growing inside the middle of a large tooth.