title: Frequency of dens evaginatus of permanent anterior teeth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To calculate the frequency of dens evaginatus in permanent teeth.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted at Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry (AFID), Rawalpindi from April 2002 to April 2003.
  
  
  METHODS
  A clinical and radiographic analysis of 5400 permanent anterior teeth was conducted to determine the occurrence of this developmental malformation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dens evaginatus was found in about 2.4% of the permanent anterior dentition and was more frequent in the maxilla, particularly in the lateral incisor. This anomaly was less frequent in the mandible.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study shows that dens evaginatus of anterior teeth is more common in the permanent dentition particularly, the maxillary incisors. Furthermore, the frequency of dens evaginatus is high in males than females.
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry, AFID, Rawalpindi.
authors.forename: Muhammad Bakhsh
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Sobhi
authors.forename: Muzammil Jamil Ahmed
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Asadullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudary
authors.forename: Manzoor Ahmed
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Manzoor
authors.lastname: Tasleem-ul-Hudda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*