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Table 3 Dental characteristics in 29 patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP)

From: Dental anomalies and orthodontic characteristics in patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism

Dental

Patients (%)

Teeth (%)

n = 29

n = 767

Enamel hypoplasia

8 (29)a

14 (2)a

Shortening of root

14 (48)

87 (11)

Blunting of root apex

16 (55)

78 (10)

Root flexion

12 (41)

14 (2)

Pulp calcification in molar

22 (76)

115 (54)b

Obliterated pulp canal

3 (10)

4 (1)

Tooth crown size/shape

 Microdontia

2 (7)

3 (0)

 Macrodontia

1 (3)

1 (0)

 Peg-shaped

2 (7)a

3 (0)a

 Screwdriver-shaped

3 (11)a

3 (0)a

 Tuberculum Carabelli

3 (11)a

7 (1)a

Radix relicta

1 (3)

1 (0)

Primary retention

2 (7)

2 (0)

  1. Figures are numbers (n) of patients respective teeth followed by percentages of the total number (%)
  2. aOral clinical photos of 28 patients with a total of 741 teeth
  3. bRecorded for molars, only (n = 213)