Open AccessPrevalence and characteristics of non-syndromic hypodontia among Turkish orthodontic patient population
Author(s) -
Berna Gökkaya,
Melih Motro,
Betül Kargül
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.159952
Subject(s) - hypodontia , medicine , premolar , dentistry , molar , malocclusion , orthodontics , turkish , permanent teeth , population , anodontia , philosophy , linguistics , environmental health
Hypodontia is often used as a collective term for congenital absence of primary or secondary teeth, although specifically it describes the absence of one to six teeth excluding third molars. The prevalence of hypodontia varies from 0.03 to 10.1% in various populations.