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Phenotypic heterogeneity of non-syndromic supernumerary teeth: genetic study
Ştefan Dimitrie Albu1, Romina Christiana Pavlovici, Marina Imre
1Department of Genetics, Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusion, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; crenguta.albu@yahoo.com, georgeiongxg@yahoo.com.
Background:
Numerical dental anomalies, through their phenotypic diversity and etiological complexity, represent a very topical chapter in dental practice. In Romania, there is no recent complex genetic study, regarding supernumerary teeth (ST), as a whole.
Patients, Materials And Methods:
In this research, through the specific genetic study of the phenotypic variability of ST, completed with clinical examinations and paraclinical investigations, to which statistical determinations were added, we performed a complex genetic-clinical and statistical analysis of ST, within a representative group, consisting of 574 patients, who came for specialized dental treatment, between 01/01/2018-05/30/2019, at the private dental offices (Lucky Dental), in Bucharest, Romania.
Results:
Following this study, it was possible to characterize the phenotypic variability of ST, to analyze the pattern of abnormality genetic transmission in the families of investigated patients, to identify people at risk, and specify the therapeutic conduct of choice, specific to each case.
Conclusions:
We consider this paper to be of interest for medical practice by bringing new, recent data on the current prevalence of non-syndromic ST, their clinical phenotypes, and the specifics of their genetic determinism in the studied population group.
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