Hyperplastic Dental Follicle: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Review of the clinical and microscopic characteristics found in hyperplastic dental follicles of young patients.

Authors/year	Age/sex	Teeth affected	Calcification	Enamel alteration	Single or multiple occurrence
van Heerden et al., 1990 [10]	14-year-old female	13 different teeth	Present	Amelogenesis imperfecta	Multiple
Gomez et al., 1998 [17]	15-year-old male	18, 17, 14, 13, 12, 23, 24, 27, 33, 43, and 48	Present	Unremarkable	Multiple
Onishi et al., 2003 [3]	5-year-10-month-old female	36 and 46	Present	Unremarkable	Not specified
	6-year-old female	36	Present	Unremarkable	Single
Walker et al., 2004 [4]	6-year-old female	85	Present	Unremarkable	Single
Feller et al., 2006 [9]	12 years old	17, 27, 37, 35, 33, 45, and 47	Present	Enamel displasia	Multiple
Nikitakis et al., 2006 [8]	14-year-old male	37 and 47	Present	Unremarkable	Not specified
Roquebert et al., 2008 [5]	10-year-old male	17, 16, 15, 14, 24, 25, 26, 27, 37, 36, 35, 34, 44, 45, 46, and 47	Present	Amelogenesis imperfecta	Multiple
Quintella et al., 2008 [6]	8-year-9-month-old female	36	Present	Unremarkable	Single
Sun et al., 2010 [24]	15-year-old male	13, 23, 33, and 43	Absent	Unremarkable	Multiple
	12-year-old female	13, 23, 33, and 43	Absent	Unremarkable	Multiple
Cho et al., 2011 [12]	11-year-old male	17, 13, 23, 27, 37, 36, and 47	Present	Unremarkable	Multiple
	14-year-old male	17, 13, 23, 27, 37, and 47	Present	Unremarkable	Multiple
	11-year-old male	17, 27, 37, and 47	Present	Unremarkable	Multiple
	15-year-old male	17, 15, 25, 27, 37, 35, and 47	Present	Unremarkable	Multiple
Jamshidi et al., 2013 [13]	19-year-old male	18, 17, 27, 28, 38, 37, 33, 43, 47, and 48	Present	Unremarkable	Multiple
O'Connell et al., 2014 [7]	7-year-old female	16, 26, 36, and 46	Present	Amelogenesis imperfecta	Multiple
Present case	14-year-old male	47	Present	Unremarkable	Single

The ISO system by the World Health Organization was used for dental notation.