Incidence of various dental anomalies in population of Taxilla, Pakistan
Saman Malik, Faiqa Hassan, Muhammad Farooq, Usman ul Haq, Amna Faisal, Saqib Ghafoor Kayani
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ABSTRACT
Background:
There are different types of teeth anomalies that effects
the people of different regional populations.
Aim: To
determine the occurrence of dental anomalies in patients of Taxila that visit our
college for routine dental procedures.
Methods: The
study was retrospective and was conducted on periapical intraoral radiographs of
patients between the ages of 15 to 35 years, with no gender discrimination at
Dental College HITEC-IMS.
Results: We
collected data from 450 periapical intraoral radiographs that were taken in last
six months (i.e. 15th January 2021 till 15th July 2021)
in dental radiology department.
Conclusion:
The dental anomalies that were found in the population of
taxila were impacted teeth, missing teeth, rotated tooth, supernumerary teeth (mesiodens),
root dilacerations, peg lateral, taurodontism and hypercementosis.
Keywords: Root anomalies,
dental anomalies, periapical radiograph