Kissing molars class III detected at a young age

Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 1 KMs detected in younger patients

	Year	Gender	Age	Classification	Direction	Tooth roots	Radiolucent areas	Treatment
Nakamura et al. [4]	1992	M	17	True	ー	Present	ー	ー
Nakamura et al. [4]	1992	M	17	One side, class II	ー	Present	ー	ー
Gulses et al. [6]	2012	M	16	True	Mesial-distal side	Present	Present	Extraction
Gulses et al. [6]	2012	M	16	One side, class II	Mesial-distal side	Present	Present	Enucleation
Güven et al. [7]	2013	F	13	True	Mesial-distal side	Present	ー	Extraction
Güven et al. [7]	2013	F	13	One side, class I	Mesial-distal side	Present	ー	Extraction
Kiran et al. [8]	2014	F	18	Pseudo	Mesial-distal side	Present	Present	Extraction
Kiran et al. [8]	2014	F	18	Both sides, class II	Mesial-distal side	Present	Present	Enucleation
Nedjat-Shokouhi et al. [5]	2014	M	18	True	Mesial-distal side	Present	Present	Extraction
Nedjat-Shokouhi et al. [5]	2014	M	18	One side, class II	Mesial-distal side	Present	Present	Enucleation
Anubhav et al. [9]	2014	F	18	True	Mesial-distal side	Present	ー	Extraction
Anubhav et al. [9]	2014	F	18	One side, class II	Mesial-distal side	Present	ー	Extraction
Barros et al. [10]	2018	F	10	Pseudo	Mesial-distal side	Present	Absent	Orthodontic treatment
Barros et al. [10]	2018	F	10	One side, class I	Mesial-distal side	Present	Absent	Orthodontic treatment
This case	2022	F	16	True	Buccal-lingual side	Absent	Present	Extraction
This case	2022	F	16	One side, class III	Buccal-lingual side	Absent	Present	Enucleation