Prevalence of Supernumerary Teeth in Orthodontic Patients from Southwestern Brazil

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of supernumerary teeth in a Brazilian pediatric population. One examiner evaluated the presence of supernumerary teeth in panoramic radiographs of 1719 subjects (762 male and 957 female), with ages ranging from 4 to 14.5 years (mean 8.4 years o...

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Autores principales: Simões,Francisco Xavier Paranhos Coêlho, Crusoé-Rebello,Ieda, Neves,Frederico Sampaio, Oliveira-Santos,Christiano, Ciamponi,Ana Lídia, da Silva Filho,Omar Gabriel
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina 2011
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Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-381X2011000200014
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Sumario:The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of supernumerary teeth in a Brazilian pediatric population. One examiner evaluated the presence of supernumerary teeth in panoramic radiographs of 1719 subjects (762 male and 957 female), with ages ranging from 4 to 14.5 years (mean 8.4 years old), from the archive of the Preventive Orthodontic Course of the Rehabilitation Hospital of Bauru, São Paulo. Supernumerary teeth were present in thirty subjects (1.7%, 16 males and 14 females). Difference between sexes was not statistically significant. Twenty-nine supernumerary teeth (96.7%) were located in the maxilla, and only 1 (3.3%) located in mandible. Seventeen supernumerary teeth (56.7%) located in maxilla were mesiodens. The early diagnosis of supernumerary teeth is essential to prevent malocclusion and malposition of permanent teeth demonstrating the importance of panoramic radiographs in their detection.