Prevalence of Taurodontism in Premolars and Molars in the South of Iran

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of taurodontism and related systemic condi-tions and gender differences in premolars and molars of patients attending Shiraz Faculty of Dentistry. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, panoramic radiographs of 510...

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Autores principales: Bronoosh, Pegah, Haghnegahdar, Abdolaziz, Dehbozorgi, Mehrnoosh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2012
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3442443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22991630
http://dx.doi.org/10.5681/joddd.2012.005
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Sumario:BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of taurodontism and related systemic condi-tions and gender differences in premolars and molars of patients attending Shiraz Faculty of Dentistry. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, panoramic radiographs of 510 randomly selected patients were evaluated by a maxillofacial radiologist for the apically displaced pulp chamber. Detailed medical and family history of the patients was obtained. RESULTS: The prevalence of taurodontism in 510 panoramic views was 5.5% of patients. Females had significantly higher prevalence of taurodontism than men (P>0.05) and mandibular second molar was the most affected tooth. CONCLUSION: Taurodontism was relatively common in population under study. A family history of other anomalies should be checked for affected patients.

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