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Table 2 Dental anomalies by sex and socio-economic status (N = 65)

From: Prevalence of developmental dental hard-tissue anomalies and association with caries and oral hygiene status of children in Southwestern, Nigeria

Dental hard-tissue anomaly

Number of cases affecting Male n = 24

Number of cases affecting Female n = 41

Number of cases affecting Low SES n = 21

Number of cases affecting Middle SES n = 32

Number of cases affecting High SES n = 12

Prevalence of lesion N = 65

Enamel hypoplasia

11 (45.8 %)

24 (58.6 %)

11 (52.4 %)

15 (46.9 %)

9 (75.0 %)

35 (54.0 %)

Microdontia

12 (50.0 %)

14 (34.2 %)

9 (42.9 %)

14 (43.8 %)

3 (25.0 %)

26 (40.0 %)

Dens Evaginatus

0 (0.0 %)

1 (2.4 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (3.1 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (1.5 %)

Fusion/germination

0 (0.0 %)

1 (2.4 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (3.1 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (1.5 %)

Talon cusp

1 (4.2 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (4.7 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (1.5 %)

Dens invaginatus

0 (0.0 %)

1 (2.4 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (3.1 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (1.5 %)

Macrodontia

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Supernumerary

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Transposition

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Notch incisor

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Hypodontia

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Total

24 (100.0)

41 (100.0)

21 (100.0)

32 (100.0)

12 (100.0)

65 (100.0)