Assessment of Dental Development in Children with Supernumerary Teeth: Case-Control Study

Abstract

Supernumerary teeth (ST), which are considered one of the important dental anomalies, is defined as any odontogenic structure or tooth that develops from a tooth germ exceeding the number of normal dental arches. 1 These teeth may be observed as an isolated finding or as part of syndromes or development disorders. 2 The prevalence of ST ranges from 0.1-3.8% in various populations. The most common form of

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“…Presence of caries and/or other dental diseases were also excluded from our analysis. Even though evidence of early dental caries effects on development of teeth are scarce, recent studies show a possible association between childhood caries (in both deciduous and permanent dentition) and dental development alterations (delay or advance), in comparison to sound dentitions (Dhamo et al, 2018; Hazar Bodrumlu et al, 2018). Besides, in Brazil, the high prevalence of caries is associated with other factors that contribute to dental eruption changes, that is, malnutrition and general oral health that leads to early tooth loss (Peres et al, 2013).…”