Mesiodens: a retrospective study of fifty teeth.
A retrospective study of 30 cases of mesiodens is presented. male preponderance of 1.5:1. was 64% mesiodens were impacted and 36% erupted. Inverted impacted mesiodens was seen in 62.5% of the impacted mesiodens. 66.6% cases had 2 mesiodens per case. The harmful effects on the dentition were mostly crowding, rotation, diastema and impacted permanent incisor.
Roychoudhury
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Department of Dental Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Gupta
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Parkash
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D002648:Child; D003970:Diastema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000453:epidemiology; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000453:epidemiology*