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Prevalence of Dental Anomalies in Orthodontic Patients
Natalia Drenski Balija1, Boris Aurer2, Senka Meštrović3
1Sanofi-Aventis Croatia d.o.o.
Aim:
The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the frequency of hypodontia, hyperdontia, invagination, impaction, dilacerations, peg-shaped lateral incisors, taurodontism and short or blunt and narrow or pipette-shaped roots in Croatian orthodontic patients.
Material And Methods:
506 orthopantomographs and study casts from 12-16 year-old orthodontic patients treated at the Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb were analyzed.
Results:
At least one dental anomaly was present in 24.1% of patients, and more than anomaly in 1.2% of them. The frequency was not significantly different between genders. Hypodontia was the most frequent anomaly with the incidence of 7.5%, followed by teeth impaction with the incidence of 6.3%.
Conclusion:
The distribution and the prevalence of anomalies were similar to those described in the general Croatian population.
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