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Prevalence of developmental anomalies in teeth among Indian school children: An epidemiological study.

Monisha Batra, Awadhesh Gupta, Savita Singh, Salma F, Rahul Kumar Tomar, Sambit Prasad, Yatharth Yatharth

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Monisha BatraPrivate Clinical Practitioner, Chadakya, New Delhi, India.
Awadhesh GuptaDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, D. J. College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad (U.P), India.
Savita SinghSelf Owned Multispecialty Hospital & Dental Clinic, Chirag Delhi - New Delhi, India.
Salma FDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, NIMS Univeraity, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Rahul Kumar TomarDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, DJ College of Dental Sciences and Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sambit PrasadDepartment of Dental Surgeon, Community Health Centre, Odagaon, Nayagarh, Odisha, India.
Yatharth YatharthIntern, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

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Abstract

The prevalence of developmental dental anomalies among 5,000 school children aged 5-15 years in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh is of interest. We examined their association with age, sex, dentition stage, jaw location, and socioeconomic status. Data were collected from school-based screening camps and pediatric outpatients at Santosh Dental College. Enamel hypoplasia was the most common anomaly, followed by supernumerary teeth and talon cusp, while micro-dontia, fusion, and hypodontia were less frequent. Most anomalies showed no gender bias, except for enamel hypoplasia and talon cusp. Higher prevalence was observed in children from lower socioeconomic groups, in the mixed dentition stage, and predominantly in the maxilla.

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dens evaginatusDevelopmental anomaliesenamel hypoplasiaepidemiological studyfusionhypodontiamicrodontiaprevalencesupernumerary teethtalon cusp

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PMCPMC12357654

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