title: The prevalence of congenitally missing teeth in class I, II, III malocclusions.
abstract: A total of 1619 patients, 502 males and 1117 females, ranging in age from 6.5 to 32 years old were examined. The study used a full set of radiographs, panographs, lateral cephalogram and study models to find the highest prevalence of congenitally missing teeth in class II malocclusion patients and a significant amount of missing maxillary teeth in Class III malocclusion patients.
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Cua-Benward
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dibaj
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghassemi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000848:Anodontia / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000209:etiology*; D015995:Prevalence