%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of Supernumerary Teeth in Orthodontic Patients from Southwestern Brazil
%A Sim£¿es
%A Francisco Xavier Paranhos Co¨ºlho
%A Cruso¨¦-Rebello
%A Ieda
%A Neves
%A Frederico Sampaio
%A Oliveira-Santos
%A Christiano
%A Ciamponi
%A Ana L¨ªdia
%A da Silva Filho
%A Omar Gabriel
%J International journal of odontostomatology
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0718-381X2011000200014
%X 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, s£¿o 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.
%K supernumerary teeth
%K mesiodens
%K dental anomalies.
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