Shtiftova Ilyina’s tooth

Shtiftova Ilyina’s tooth: a mystery that has long worried dentists around the world. This tooth was described as Pin Markosyan and later as Pin tooth by Ilina Markosyan. What is this mysterious tooth, and why has it aroused such interest?

The history of the tooth began back in 1869, when the magazine Dental Cosmos published an article about a strange tooth found in a patient's jaw. The tooth was described as "pin-shaped" due to its unusual combination of roots and canals. For many years, this tooth remained a mystery to dentists and anatomists.

In 1900, American dentist Lewis Williams wrote an article in which he proposed giving the tooth the name “Markosian Pin.” The name was in honor of the Armenian dentist who was the first to describe a similar tooth. However, several years later, it turned out that Shtiftova Markosyan was just a pseudonym used by Williams himself.

In 1942, Soviet anatomist Vladimir Ilyin described a similar tooth, which he called the "Markosyan Ilyin pin tooth." This tooth was found in the jaw of an Irish woman and became known in scientific circles as the “Ilina-Markosyan tooth.”

Since then, much has been established about the nature of the tooth by Shtiftova Ilyina. It is a rare variant of a tooth with two roots, each of which has its own canal. This makes it unique and is of great interest to dentists and anatomists to this day.

Shtiftova Ilyina’s tooth is an example of how scientific discoveries can generate incredible interest and inspire new research. It remains a mystery that continues to attract the attention of scientists and the public around the world.