Abstract
Research motivation: The objective of this study was to know the frequency of dental developmental alterations in Mexican children and adolescents attending the Stomatological Clinics of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Research design/methodology: The files of the patients attended in our institution were reviewed and 128 were from patients among 2 and 18 years old with dental developmental alterations were selected. Data on diagnosis, age, gender and involved tooth were analyzed by Students T test and p<0.05 was considered significant. Main findings: The most frequent dental developmental alterations were: supernumeraries, missing teeth and fused teeth. Other entities were also found. Prevalence of dental alterations in the sample was 29.8% and 217 dental alterations were diagnosed. Of 217 teeth, 83.4% were permanent and 16.6% were deciduous teeth. Implications: Data obtained from this study will address the consciousness of the authorities and personnel of the institutions involved in providing health services on the importance to conduct imagenologic studies in children and adolescent population for early recognition of the intrabony pathological conditions.
Highlights
Dental anomalies comprise a group of dental disturbances resulting from ill-development of the dental hard tissues
Research motivation: The objective of this study was to know the frequency of dental developmental alterations in Mexican children and adolescents attending the Stomatological Clinics of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Implications: Data obtained from this study will address the consciousness of the authorities and personnel of the institutions involved in providing health services on the importance to conduct imagenologic studies in children and adolescent population for early recognition of the intrabony pathological conditions
Summary
Dental anomalies comprise a group of dental disturbances resulting from ill-development of the dental hard tissues. Some of them could develop during tooth intraosseous formation, in other instances they are congenital or they are acquired during the postnatal life They can be seen affecting a single tooth, can affect several teeth or can be associated to systemic conditions or syndromes. It is known that studies in different populations presented different results These inconsistencies may be due to different factors as: size of the sample, ethnicity, sampling method employed, and even, differences in diagnostic criteria. It should be taken in count if the sample comes from a dental institution, as university, private practice or a medical clinic. For the above mentioned reasons, previously published results coming from different sources and populations should be carefully taken into account and carefully analyzed
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