Clinical Study
Talon Cusp: A Prevalence Study of Its Types in Permanent Dentition and Report of a Rare Case of Its Association with Fusion in Mandibular Incisor
Table 2
Summary of the observed talon cusp cases according to individual tooth.
| | Tooth number | Total number of individual teeth observed in patients examined () | Number of teeth in which talon cusp was observed | Observed frequency toothwise |
| | Maxillary right central incisor (11) | 5200 | 3 | .0005% | | Maxillary left central incisor (21) | 5200 | 3 | .0005% | | Maxillary right lateral incisor (12) | 5200 | 2 | .0003% | | Maxillary left lateral incisor (22) | 5200 | 2 | .0003% | | Maxillary right canine (13) | 5200 | 1 | .0001% | | Maxillary left canine (23) | 5200 | — | — | | Mandibular canines (33 and 43) | 5200 | — | — | | Mandibular Incisors (31, 32, 41, 42) | 5200 | 1* | — |
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Fused tooth between mandibular right central and lateral incisor.
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