Can be caused by many things. A way to remember the causes is "PIG ON TAP" Local factors- * Occlusal Trauma * Trauma * Non-functional tooth * Unopposed tooth (and impacted teeth, embedded teeth, teeth without antagonists) Systemic factors- * Idiopathic * Pituitary Gigantism * Paget's Disease * Acromegaly * Periapical granuloma * Arthritis * Calcinosis * Rheumatic fever It may be one of the complications of Paget's disease of bone in the form of generalized<unk> . It may also be a compensatory mechanism in response to attrition to increase occlusal tooth height.
Hypercementosis
Exostosis
Condylar resorption
Dentin dysplasia
Heterotopic ossification
Enostosis
Intramembranous ossification
Condylar hyperplasia