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Epidemiologic study of joined primary teeth in Finnish children
Author(s) -
Järvinen Seppo,
Lehtinen Liisa,
Milen Anneli
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1980.tb01286.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentition , dentistry , anterior teeth , orthodontics , posterior teeth , permanent dentition
The frequency of geminated and fused primary teeth was studied in a sample of 1141 Finnish children aged 3‐4 years. The prevalence was 0.7%. All the joined teeth were found in the anterior area of the mouth. In seven cases the diagnosis was a fusion of two separate teeth, and in one case it was a gemination of a single tooth. A correlation between joined teeth in primary dentition and numerical variations of teeth in permanent dentition was noted in three cases.