A comparative analysis of patients with mesiodenses: a clinical and radiological study
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
; : 190-193, 2015.
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OBJECTIVES: A mesiodens appears most commonly as a supernumerary tooth impacted in the anterior maxilla. The purpose of this study is analyze mesiodens clinically. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Gender, crown form, direction of impaction, relation to permanent incisors, and chief complaints of patients with extracted mesiodens were analyzed. RESULTS: Patients were analyzed for motivation to visit the hospital; 85.4% of the patients were referred from other hospitals. Mesiodens was more common in males than in females (3.7:1), and 70.1% of patients had only one mesiodens, while 29.6% had two mesiodenses. Of the mesiodenses, 61.4% were of the aconical form, and the most common direction was upward (62.4%), followed by the normal position (26.0%) and the horizontal position (11.6%). The mesiodenses caused orthodontic problems with the permanent incisors in 46.3% of cases. Mesiodens associated with dentigerous cyst was rarely observed in our patient group. CONCLUSION: Mesiodens is more common in males than in females and often affects the permanent incisors. Thus, careful clinical and radiological evaluations of mesiodenses are important.
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Main subject:
Tooth Abnormalities
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Tooth, Supernumerary
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Dentigerous Cyst
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Crowns
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Incisor
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Maxilla
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Motivation
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Year:
2015
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Article