Observational studyProgress in orthodontics2017
Prevalence of dental agenesis in a sample of Italian orthodontic patients: an epidemiological study.
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- A Narrative Review of the Association between Dental Abnormalities and Chemotherapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Is there an association between molar incisor hypomineralization and developmental dental anomalies? A case-control study.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- The phenotype and genotype of PAX9 mutations causing tooth agenesis.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Article
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- Retrospective study of concomitant hypodontia and hyperdontia in 145 subjects.Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2023Article
- Congenitally missing second permanent molars in non-syndromic patients (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe congenital absence of one or more teeth is a dental anomaly that frequently occurs in the world's population with a wide variability of distribution. The aim of this study is to assess the current prevalence of dental agenesis in the permanent dentition (excluding third molars) using a sample of Italian orthodontic patients.
methodsPanoramic radiographs of 4006 Caucasian children between 9 and 16 years of age (1865 males and 2141 females) performed over a 5-year period (from 2010 to 2015) were carefully examined to identify congenital missing teeth. A chi-square test was used to determine the difference in the prevalence of hypodontia between genders and between arches.
resultsThe prevalence of dental agenesis was 9% (9.1% for females and 8.7% for males). The most common congenitally missing teeth were the mandibular second premolars (20.3 and 18.1%) followed by the upper lateral incisors (17.8 and 17.7%) and the maxillary second premolars (7.4 and 6.3%). The absence of one tooth to five teeth was observed in 344 patients (8.6%), while 15 patients showed from six to nine missing teeth (0.4%). The analysis showed 363 cases of agenesis in the upper arch (0.64%) and 339 in the lower arch (0.60%). Unilateral (4.6%) and bilateral (4.4%) agenesis demonstrated a similar frequency. The most common bilateral missing teeth were the mandibular second premolars (1.9%) and the maxillary lateral incisors (1.6%).
conclusionsThe results of this study observed a higher prevalence of hypodontia compared to previous studies conducted on the Italian population. Thus, a detailed and careful radiographic examination was important in diagnosing one or more missing teeth. This could help plan the best possible treatments, both esthetically and functionally, for these patients.
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