Supemumerary Teeth: Review of the Literatüre and Survey of 50 Cases

The aim of this study was to investigate the general characteristics and preva-lence of 66 supemumerary teeth in 50 children (35 male, 15 female) of 4236 patients who attended Ege Univcrsity, School of Dentistry, Department of Pedodontics, with ages ranging from 3 to 12 years. Supemumerary teeth were assessed according to mor-phology, position, and eruption pattems, by use of clinical and radiological investi-gations in 3 years offollow-up study, The pre valence was 1.2%. it was found that 57% (n=38) of supemumerary teeth were peg-shaped. 85% (n=55) were located in the mid-line region (mesiodens). 33% (n-22) were erupted and they were mostly peg-shaped. Consequently, in order to pre-vent the complications due to supemumerary teeth, early detection by a complete clinical examination and routine radiographic survey is necessary.