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Congenitally missing teeth (hypodontia): A review of the literature concerning the etiology, prevalence, risk factors, patterns and treatment.
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- Dental anomalies in craniofacial microsomia: A systematic review.Orthodontics & craniofacial research · 2020Pooled it
- Meta-analysis and systematic review of the number of non-syndromic congenitally missing permanent teeth per affected individual and its influencing factors.European journal of orthodontics · 2016Pooled it
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- Hypodontia in the Korean orthodontic population: Prevalence and characteristics of a nationwide multicenter study.Korean journal of orthodontics · 2026Article
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- Late Oral Complications in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Implications for Pediatric Dentistry and Survivorship Care.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Oral rehabilitation with dental implants in patients with tooth agenesis: a retrospective study in Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Considerations for Conservative, All-Ceramic Prosthodontic Single-Tooth Replacements in the Anterior Region: A Systematic Review.Dentistry journal · 2025Review
- Identification and Functional Analysis of Novel Mutations in AXIN2 and LRP6 Linked With Non-Syndromic Tooth Agenesis.Molecular genetics & genomic medicine · 2025Article
- The dominant negative mutation of PAX9 in nonsyndromic tooth agenesis.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
- Structural and functional changes in the oral microbiome of patients with craniofacial microsomia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Assessment of using transfer learning with different classifiers in hypodontia diagnosis.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Prevalence of congenital missing permanent teeth and its association with side and gender in a Saudi subpopulation.PloS one · 2025Article
- Small RNAs and tooth development: The role of microRNAs in tooth agenesis and impaction.Journal of dental sciences · 2024Article
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- Oral Rehabilitation of a Child Superimposed with Tooth Impaction and Ranula.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Congenitally missing teeth (CMT), or as usually called hypodontia, is a highly prevalent and costly dental anomaly. Besides an unfavorable appearance, patients with missing teeth may suffer from malocclusion, periodontal damage, insufficient alveolar bone growth, reduced chewing ability, inarticulate pronunciation and other problems. Treatment might be usually expensive and multidisciplinary. This highly frequent and yet expensive anomaly is of interest to numerous clinical, basic science and public health fields such as orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, periodontics, maxillofacial surgery, anatomy, anthropology and even the insurance industry. This essay reviews the findings on the etiology, prevalence, risk factors, occurrence patterns, skeletal changes and treatments of congenitally missing teeth. It seems that CMT usually appears in females and in the permanent dentition. It is not conclusive whether it tends to occur more in the maxilla or mandible and also in the anterior versus posterior segments. It can accompany various complications and should be attended by expert teams as soon as possible.
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