Prevalence of isolated maxillary lateral incisor agenesis in Syrian adolescents

Kabbani T 1 , Abdullah N 2 , Rsheadat Y 3 , Hassan MI 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria. tamouh.orth@gmail.com
  • 2 Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Technology MARA, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
  • 4 Faculty of Dentistry, University of Technology MARA, Selangor, Malaysia
J Orofac Orthop, 2017 Jan;78(1):62-69.
PMID: 27896416 DOI: 10.1007/s00056-016-0064-y

Abstract

PURPOSE: This research is designed to obtain a better understanding and provide more insight of this phenomenon through evaluating the prevalence of congenital absence of maxillary lateral incisors in a Syrian population.

METHODS: The method involved clinical examination of 8000 school children with an equal number of males and females (age range 12-15 years) to identify students only affected by bilateral or unilateral congenital absence of maxillary lateral incisors. Agenesis was determined based on radiological evidence.

RESULTS: The results of this study showed that the prevalence of isolated maxillary lateral incisors agenesis was 1.15%. In the sample studied, 66.3% of the patients were female and 33.7% were male (p 

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