title: Supernumerary teeth in Nepalese children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objectives of the present study were to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of supernumerary teeth in a patient sample of Nepalese children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was performed on 2684 patients (1829 females and 1035 males) ranging in age from 6 to 14 for the presence of supernumerary teeth. For each patient with supernumerary teeth the demographic variables (age and sex), number, location, eruption status, and morphology were recorded. Descriptive statistics were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Supernumerary teeth were detected in 46 subjects (1.6%), of which 26 were males and 20 were females with a male : female ratio of 1.3 : 1. The most commonly found supernumerary tooth was mesiodens followed by maxillary premolars, maxillary lateral incisor, and mandibular lateral incisor. Of the 55 supernumerary teeth examined, 58.18% (n = 32) had conical morphology, followed by tuberculate (30.90%, n = 17) and supplemental (10.90%, n = 6) forms. The majority of the supernumerary teeth were erupted (56.36%, n = 31).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of supernumerary teeth in Nepalese children was found to be 1.6%, the most frequent type being mesiodens. Conical morphology was found to be the most common form of supernumerary tooth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, College of Dental Sciences, B.P.K.I.H.S., Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: Varun Pratap
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana 122107, India.
authors.forename: Amita
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4374-4259
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana 122107, India.
authors.forename: Sonam
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9856-9542
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000453:epidemiology*