Open AccessPrevalence of mesiodens among 6-14 year school children
Author(s) -
Faizal Peediayil,
Soni Kottayi,
Deepak Jose,
Prathima Sreenivasan,
A. C. M. Koti Babu,
Aysha Hashim,
Deema Abdul Khader
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of research in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2317-5907
DOI - 10.19177/jrd.v2e32014243-250
Subject(s) - supernumerary , demography , dentistry , medicine , sociology
Mesiodens are considered as one of the most common supernumerary teeth. The main objective of the study was to determine the prevalence rate of mesiodens in the school going children between the age group of 6-14 years The study shows a prevalence rate of 0.7% with sex ratio of 2:1 favouring males.