Supernumerary Teeth: Report of 50 Cases and Review of the Literature
Ece Koparal, Çiğdem Elbek, Ertuğrul Sabah, Özlen İçöz
The aim of this study is to investigate the general characteris-tics and prevalence of 66 supernumerary teeth in 50 children (löfemale, 34 male) of 4167 petients who attended Ege Uni-versity, School of Dentistry, Department of Pedodontics with ages ranging from 4 no 12 years. Supernumerary teeth were assessed according to morphology, position, and, eruption patterns by clinical and radiological investigations in 3 years offollow-up study, and the prevalence was 1.2 %. it was faund that 57 % (n=3S) supernumerary teeth were pegshaped. 85 % (n=55) were located in thet mid-line region (mesiodens). 33 % (n-22) were irupted and they were, mostly pegshaped. Consequently, in order to prevent the complications due to supernumerary teeth, early detection by a complete clinical exa-mination and routine radiographic survey is necessary.