“Shark Teeth” Like Appearance among Paediatric Dental Patients
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective: Mixed dentition is a period between primary and permanent dentition burden with numerous anomalies. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and characteristics of paediatric dental patient presenting with “shark teeth” like appearance. Methods:This study was a prospective study of paediatric patients attending the outpatient dental Clinic of Central Hospital Benin, Edo State, Nigeria with “shark teeth” like appearance. Interviewer-administered questionnaire which elicited information that included age, gender, presenting complaints and involved deciduous and permanent teeth was the tool of data collection. Results: A total of 62 patients out of 842 child patients seen over this period presented with two rowsof teeth giving a prevalence of 7.4% (62/842). The age of the patients seen with two rows of teeth was 4-14 years with a mean age of 6.71±2.20 years. The majority of the patients were aged between 4 and 7 years with the peak age of 5 years. The majority (88.7%) of the patients were first born and of hausaethnicity. The leading presenting complaints among the patients were mobility (33.9%), double teeth (29.0%), new teeth coming behind old one(19.4%) and embarrassing appearance (11.3%). About three-quarters (72.6%) of the patients had it on their mandible. More than two-thirds were unilateral with single deciduous teeth involved in 66.2%. About one-third (30.6%) had bilateral involvement ofpermanent teeth. The main treatment requested and offered was extraction Conclusion:Data from this prospective study revealed that double row of teeth is a relative common reason for dental clinic attendance among male and female children aged between 4 and 14 years.
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*Osaghae IP, Azodo CC
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