title: Mesiodens: a retrospective study of fifty teeth.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roychoudhury
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parkash
mesh_terms: 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*