Research Article
The Prevalence of Dental Anomalies in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia
Table 1
Summary of prevalence of patients with different dental anomalies according to gender (number and percentage).
| | Males | Females | Both | | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) |
| | Congenitally missing teeth | 107 (24.9) | 119 (26.6%) | 226 (25.7%) | | (i) Third molars | 86 (20.0) | 99 (22.1%) | 185 (21.1%) | | (ii) Lower premolars | 7 (1.6) | 6 (1.3) | 13 (1.5) | | (iii) Upper canines | 3 (0.7) | 2 (0.4) | 5 (0.6) | | (iv) Other | 11 (2.6) | 12 (2.7) | 23 (2.6) |
| | Impactions | 10 (23.3) | 86 (19.2) | 186 (21.2) | | (i) Third molars | 74 (17.2) | 66 (14.7) | 140 (15.9) | | (ii) Upper canines | 16 (3.7) | 13 (2.9) | 29 (3.3) | | (iii) Lower premolars | 1 (0.2) | 4 (0.9) | 5 (0.6) | | (iv) Others | 9 (2.1) | 3 (0.7) | 12 (1.4) |
| | Ectopic eruption | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | | (i) Third molars | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | | (ii) Lower premolars | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) |
| | Other anomalies | 6 (1.4) | 6 (1.3) | 12 (1.4) | | (i) Dilaceration | 6 (1.4) | 4 (0.9) | 10 (1.1) | | (ii) Supernumerary | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | | (iii) Odontoma | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | | (iv) Taurodontism | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) |
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