Research Article
Consanguineous Marriages and Dental Anomalies: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study
Table 1
Association of consanguineous marriages and dental anomalies.
| | Dental anomaly | N (%) |
| | Goldenhar syndrome (dental malocclusion) | 1 (0.3) | | Ligneous periodontitis | 2 (0.7) | | Bardet–Biedl syndrome | 2 (0.7) | | SJ syndrome | 2 (0.7) | | Marfan syndrome | 2 (0.7) | | Arrested root development | 3 (1.0) | | Concrescence | 3 (1.0) | | Macrodontia | 3 (1.0) | | Mitochondrial leukodystrophy | 3 (1.0) | | Oligodontia | 3 (1.0) | | Supernumerary teeth | 3 (1.0) | | Supplemental teeth | 3 (1.0) | | Dens in dente | 3 (1.0) | | Accessory roots | 6 (2.0) | | Xeroderma pigmentosa (periodontitis and maxillary enamel hypoplasia) | 6 (2.0) | | Germination | 6 (2.0) | | Down syndrome | 7 (2.4) | | Ectopic eruption | 8 (2.7) | | Genetic hypoplasia | 8 (2.7) | | Congenital rubella syndrome | 9 (3.0) | | Dens evaginatus | 9 (3.0) | | Fusion | 9 (3.0) | | Talon’s cusp | 9 (3.0) | | Microcephaly (enamel defects and microdents) | 12 (4.0) | | Microdontia | 12 (4.0) | | Cerebral palsy | 13 (4.4) | | Delayed eruption | 15 (5.1) | | Hypodontia | 21 (7.1) | | Taurodontism | 30 (10.1) | | Root dilaceration | 30 (10.1) | | Hyperdontia | 54 (18.2) |
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Significant p value <0.001 (dental anomaly vs. consanguineous marriage). |
