Introduction: Dental anomaly of shape leads to various clinical dental pathologies requiring the intervention of a dental specialist. Early diagnosis and intervention in earlier stages can restore a nearnormal dentition and esthetics. So, the present study was undertaken to determine the prevailing dental anomalies of shape and its various subtypes in various age groups and gender variations.Materials and methods: Retrospective dental casts and radiographs were evaluated in 3,000 cases consisting of an equal proportion of males and females. Only cases with an age range from 10 to 40 years were included in the study. Dental anomalies of shape were evaluated for the presence of Gemination, fusion, talon cusp, dens evaginates, the cusp of carabelli, dens invaginatus, taurodontism, and dilacerations and recorded.Result: A total of 538 (17.9%) cases were found to have dental anomalies of shape which included 288 (19.2%) males and 250 (16.6%) females. Dilaceration was found to be the most common (9.2%) dental anomaly of shape followed successively by taurodontism (3.7%), talon cusp (2.23%), and the cusp of carabelli (1.4%). Most of the shape anomalies showed male predilection. A higher prevalence of most dental anomalies of shape was found in the younger age group of 10 to ≤25 years as it is not linked with age but still has got importance to know while the treatment is carried out in this age group. Conclusion: It is quite imperative to have complete knowledge of trends and patterns of shape anomalies in India. It will guide dental practitioners to formulate a treatment plan on the basis of existing prevailing anomalies.
Introduction Accurate age estimation is required in the field of health sciences, as it is relevant to the timing of various treatment procedures. Differences in the development among children of the same chronological age have led to the concept of physiologic age as a means to define progress toward completeness of development or maturity in the individual child. The most common dental age estimation methods are Nolla &Demirjin’s.Demirijan’s being the more result oriented method of age estimation.
Aim and Objective: To evaluate the Dental age estimation using Demirijan’s 8 teeth method and 7 teeth method.
Materials and methods: The sample for the study consisted of 400 individuals aged between 618 years. The chronological age of the patient will be obtained by official birth certificate. Radiographic age estimation of the selected sample was done after analyzing Orthopantomographs using both Demirijan’s 7 teeth and 8 teeth method. The chronological age was then statistically compared with the results obtained by the radiographic age using SPSS v16 software.
Results: The estimation of dental age estimation using Demirijan’s 7 teeth method showed overestimation compare with Demirjian 8 teeth method.
Conclusion: Dental age estimation using Demiijan’s 8 teeth method reduces the margin of error in correctly estimating age
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