Clinical and Epidemiological Study of Supernumerary Teeth in Patients from Plovdiv Region

Abstract

Abnormalities in the number of teeth are conditions that occur predominantly in childhood. Therefore, monitoring the prevalence and early diagnosis is very important for the timely and appropriate therapeutic approach. The aim of the study was to investigate the incidence of supernumerary teeth in patients from the city of Plovdiv.

Keywords

• supernumerary teeth
• frequency
• distribution by sex
• dentition
• mesiodens
• paramolar
• distomolar
• parapremolar