FREQUENCY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERNUMERARY TEETH IN BRAZILIAN CHILDREN: CONSEQUENCES AND PROPOSED TREATMENTS

The study had the objective of identifying the frequency of supernumerary teeth on patients attended at the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic at the School of Dentistry of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (FO-UFRJ), from 1981 to 1990, relating the frequency to the sex and dentition of the patients. Some characteristics relating to and consequential upon the pathology, as well as the proposed treatments, are also part of this work. To achieve the proposed objectives, 1,907 files of patients with full mouth radiographs were examined. Children who had disturbances such as cleft lip or palate, cleidocranial dysostosis or Gardner's Syndrome were excluded from the study. The age of the patients who comprised the sample varied from 2 to 14 Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar a freqüência de dentes supranumerários em pacientes atendidos na Clínica de Odontopediatria da Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (FO-UFRJ), entre 1981 e 1990, relacionando-a com o sexo e a dentição dos pacientes. As conseqüências da presença dessa patologia, bem como os tratamentos propostos, também fizeram parte deste trabalho. A fim de atingir os objetivos propostos, 1907 fichas de pacientes com radiografias de boca total foram examinadas. As crianças que apresentavam distúrbios, tais como fenda labial ou palatina, disostose cleidocraniana ou Síndrome de Gardner, foram excluídas do estudo. A idade dos pacientes que compuseram a amostra variou de 2 a 14 ano