@article{article_599421, title={CONGENITAL DENTAL ANOMALIES IN THE PRIMARY DENTITION}, journal={Atatürk Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={30}, pages={247–253}, year={2020}, DOI={10.17567/ataunidfd.599421}, url={https://izlik.org/JA99ZP22NH}, author={Kılınç, Gülser and Çetin, Müjdet}, keywords={Hyperdontia,hypodontia,primary tooth}, abstract={<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;">Aim: </span> </b> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="background:#FFFFFF;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">The purpose of this study was to
investigate the prevalence of congenital anomalies in the primary dentition in preschool
children populations. </span> </p> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;">Material and Methods: </span> </b> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="background:#FFFFFF;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Data pertaining to a total of 935
children (487 boys and 448 girls) in the 2–5 year age-group who visited the
Department of Pedodontics Clinic at the Dokuz Eylul Univeristy Hospital, Izmir,
Turkey between january </span> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;">01,
2016, <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt;">and </span> december 31, 2017 </span> <span lang="en-us" style="background:#FFFFFF;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> were all panoramic radiographs and photograph
restrospectively analyzed. The presence of hypodontia, hyperdontia
(supplemental and mesiodens), and double teeth (fusion and gemination) were
recorded. </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Statistical analysis was performed using </span> <span lang="en-us" style="background:#FFFFFF;color:rgb(45,44,44);font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> Fisher’s exact test </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> and chi-square test. </span> </p> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> Dental anomalies were found
in 2.7% of children. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Double teeth
were the most frequently observed anomaly (1.4%), followed by <span style="background:#FFFFFF;">hyperdontia </span> (0.9%) and hypodontia (0.5%). <span style="background:#FFFFFF;">Unilateral missing teeth were more frequently observed
than bilateral missing teeth. All supernumerary teeth were located in the
primary maxillary incisor area. </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Dental anomalies were significantly more
frequent (p=0.001) in boys (1.6%, n=15) as compared to that in girls (1.1%,
n=10). </span> <span lang="en-us" style="background:#FFFFFF;color:rgb(45,44,44);font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">  </span> <span style="color:#000000;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;">Radiographic
examination showed 36.0% of the patients (9 children) had anomalies in the
permanent dentition. </span> </p> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;">Conclusions </span> </b> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;">: </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Identification of primary
dental anomalies at an early age is of great importance as it may help prevent
malocclusions as well as functional and psychological problems. </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font> </span> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;">Anomalies
in primary dentition exhibited a correlation with anomalies in permanent
dentition. </span> </p> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <p style="margin:0cm 18pt 0pt 0cm;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Keywords </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">: <i> </i> </span> <i> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Hyperdontia </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">, hypodontia, primary}, number={2}