Oral Health and Dental Management

Descriptive study of supernumerary teeth in paediatric patients

12^th World Congress on Dentistry and Oral Health

August 04-05, 2016 Manchester, UK

Syiral Mastura Abdullah and Nazatul Sabariah Ahmad

Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Objectives: This study aims to determine the epidemiological features and problems associated with supernumerary teeth in paediatric dental patients. Materials & Method: This is a cross-sectional study. Patients meeting the selection criteria who attended local teaching dental clinic were chosen. The secondary dental records of the patients were obtained after getting the ethical approval. The records were checked in both patientsâ?? folder and e-clinical system for the occurrence of supernumeraries. The available radiographs taken for treatment planning were also assessed to confirm with the diagnosis. Clinical examination was conducted in patients with suspected supernumerary teeth. Data collection sheets were used for documentation of the data regarding supernumerary teeth. The data was analyzed descriptively using SPSS software version 21. Results: A total of 800 patients were screened. Only 33 patients were found with supernumerary. This gives the prevalence of supernumerary of 4.1%. The most frequent supernumerary teeth found were conical shape (57.6%), it was followed by supplemental (24.2%) and majority of supernumerary teeth found were on upper arch, singleton and unilateral. Crowding was the most associated problem encountered in patients with supernumerary teeth. Conclusion: The prevalence of supernumerary teeth of local Malaysian population in this study was 4.1% and the most associated problem with supernumerary teeth was crowding.

Biography :

Syiral Mastura Abdullah obtained her BDS from National University of Ireland (UCC) in 1998. She then serviced in her country for 9 years before her Master’s in Orthodontics in National University of Malaysia (UKM). She is now a clinical Lecturer in Islamic Science University of Malaysia.

Email: samantha.pozzi@unimore.it