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Prevalence of shovel-shaped incisors in Saudi Arabian dental patients
T S Saini1, D U Kharat, S Mokeem
1Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, King Saud University, College of Dentistry, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
The prevalence of maxillary incisor shoveling was studied radiographically in 990 Saudi patients. According to the radiomorphologic characteristics, a new classification was developed and shovel teeth were categorized. The findings of this study showed 9% shovel-shaped incisors; among those, 4% were central incisors and 5% were lateral incisors. Frequency of dens invaginatus occurrence with the shovel-shaped incisors was also investigated. Eight percent of shovel-shaped incisors showed presence of dens invaginatus. Prevalence was found to be 4% in central shovel-shaped incisors, whereas that in lateral shovel-shaped incisors was 11%.