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Table 3 Prevalence of dental anomaly by type of dentition

From: The prevalence, pattern and clinical presentation of developmental dental hard-tissue anomalies in children with primary and mix dentition from Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Dental hard-tissue anomaly

Number of primary tooth affected by lesion

Number of permanent tooth affected by lesion

*Prevalence of lesion

N = 23,591

n = 16,456

n = 7,135

Hypoplastic enamel

371(2.3%)

254(3.6%)

625(2.7%)

Dens evaginatus

57(0.3%)

60(0.8%)

117(0.5%)

Macrodontia

0(0.0%)

34(0.5%)

104(0.4%)

Peg-shape lateral

8(0.05%)

16(0.2%)

24(0.1%)

Microdontia

13(0.08%)

9(0.1%)

22(0.09%)

Supernumerary

2(0.01%)

2(0.03%)

4(0.02%)

Fusion/Gemination

4(0.02%)

0(0.0%)

4(0.02%)

Supplemental

2(0.01%)

1(0.01%)

3(0.01%)

Talon cusp

0(0.0%)

3(0.04%)

3(0.01%)

Mesioden

0(0.0%)

1(0.01%)

1(0.004%)

Dens invaginatus

1(0.006%)

0(0.0%)

1(0.004%)

Transposition

0(0.0%)

2(0.03%)

2(0.008%)

Notch-shape incisor

0(0.0%)

4(0.06%)

4(0.02%)

Hypodontia

0(0.0%)

0(0.0%)

0(0.0%)

Total

458(2.8%)

386(5.4%)

844(3.6%)

  1. *number of persons with lesion divided by the number of study participants.