Hypodontia and Hyperdontia among Libyan Orthodontic Patients
Background: it is not uncommon for orthodontist to come across patients with dental anomalies such as disturbances in teeth number. Hypodontia is a developmental absence of one or more teeth excluding the third molars, while hyperdontia (supernumerary ...
Fathia Mohammad, Mohammed S. H. Ingafou
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Hyperactive Dental Lamina in a 24-Yearold Female – A Case Report and Review of Literature [PDF]
An extra tooth to the normal formula of teeth sequence in any region of dental arch is regarded as Supernumerary teeth (ST). The reasons are still not clearly known, one of them being dichotomy of tooth bud, but the more accepted reason is the ...
Ashu Gupta+4 more
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Oligopleiodontia with Impacted Permanent Canine: A Rare Entity with Multidisciplinary Management [PDF]
The congenitally missing tooth is elucidated as the one not erupted in the oral cavity, and also not eye-catching in a radiograph. The absence of one to six teeth is coined as hypodontia (excluding the third molars). Oliogodontia entitlement is used when
Umapathy Thimmegowda+4 more
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Supernumerary Teeth – Literature Review
Introduction and objective Hyperdontia is a developmental anomaly characterised by an increased number of dental buds. It is condition with a prevalence of 0.3 -1.8% in primary dentition and 1.5–3.9% in permanent dentition.
Kamil Tworkowski+3 more
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Morphological and numerical characteristics of the southern Chinese dentitions. Part I: anomalies in the permanent dentition [PDF]
Aim: To investigate the prevalence of eight morphological and numerical anomalies in the southern Chinese permanent dentition and to compare these with studies from different populations. Materials and Methods: The material used in the study consisted
King, NM, Tsai, JSJ, Wong, HM
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Mesiodens with Supernumerary Root in a Non Syndromic Child: A Rare Case with Unusual Morphology and its Management [PDF]
Supernumerary teeth, also known as hyperdontia, are an odontostomatologic aberration characterised by the presence of an excessive number of teeth. They are divided into four categories based on their shapes and sizes: conical, tuberculate, supplementary
Umapathy Thimmegowda+3 more
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Morphological and numerical characteristics of the southern Chinese dentitions. Part III: anomalies in the primary dentition [PDF]
Aim: To investigate the prevalence of eight morphological and numerical anomalies in the primary dentition of southern Chinese and to compare the prevalences with those from different ethnic groups.
King, NM, Tongkoom, S, Wong, HM
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Molariform Mesiodens in Primary Dentition: A Case Report [PDF]
A supernumerary tooth is a developmental anomaly and it has been argued to arise from multiple aetiologies. Mesiodens is a midline supernumerary tooth which is commonly seen in the maxillary arch, and incidence of molariform mesiodens in the maxillary ...
Indira MD+4 more
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Cleidocranial dysplasia: a review of the dental, historical, and practical implications with an overview of the South African experience [PDF]
Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) is an uncommon but well-known genetic skeletal condition. Several hundred affected persons are members of a large extended family in the Cape Town Mixed Ancestry community of South Africa.
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Orthodontic management of non-syndromic multiple supernumerary teeth
Hyperdontia amounts to an odontostomatologic anomaly wherein, there is an increase in tooth number irrespective of the location. This case report represents a form of hyperdontia characterized by bilateral multiple supernumerary teeth in both the jaws ...
Vijay Singhvi+2 more
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