title: Is partial anodontia a syndrome of Black Americans?
abstract: A study was designed to test the prevalence of congenitally missing permanent teeth in two Black American samples of children, ages 3-18. When combined, male with female, and compared with the Caucasian sample, the incidence of congenital absence is 2.57% and 5.15% for Caucasians.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000848:Anodontia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American