1 - Pedodontics Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania
2 - Oral Medicine/Oral Pathology Discipline, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
3 - Department of Physiology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania
Received: December 19, 2018
Accepted: June 23, 2019
Aim. The assessment of distribution of supernumerary permanent teeth (SPT) and the disturbances caused by them. Material and method. Cross-sectional study upon a sample of 85 children (58 boys) aged between 3 and 18 years (mean age=9.08±3.09 years) with at least one SPT. Were analyzed: patients’ distribution according to gender, age and number of dental units; SPT distribution according to arch and topography and also the disturbances noticed. Results. a) boys:girls ratio=2.14:1; b) the 85 patients had 107 SPT, mean number=1.25; c) 76.47% of patients had one SPT; d) 89.72% of SPT were on maxillary arch, maxilla:mandible ratio = 8.7:1; d) 92.52% of SPT were localized in anterior region, anterior:posterior region ratio = 12.3:1; e) mesiodens –71.96%, supernumerary lateral incisor – 19.62%; f) disturbances caused by SPT: ectopic eruption of permanent teeth – 36.47%; delay or failure of eruption of permanent teeth – 21.17%; crowding – 20%. Conclusions. 1. Supernumerary teeth were most frequent noticed in boys, in maxillary anterior region. 2. Most often they caused eruption disturbances of permanent teeth.
Tanase, M., Munteanu, A., Stanciu, I.A., Coculescu, E.C., Nicolae, C., & Balan, G.D. (2025). Characteristics and complications of supernumerary permanent teeth in a sample of patients examined in a university pedodontics clinic. Romanian Journal of Military Medicine, 122(3), 64-68.
Tanase M, Munteanu A, Stanciu IA, Coculescu EC, Nicolae C, Balan GD. Characteristics and complications of supernumerary permanent teeth in a sample of patients examined in a university pedodontics clinic. Rom J Mil Med. 2025;122(3):64-68.
Tanase, M., Munteanu, A., Stanciu, I.A., Coculescu, E.C., Nicolae, C. & Balan, G.D. 2025, 'Characteristics and complications of supernumerary permanent teeth in a sample of patients examined in a university pedodontics clinic', Romanian Journal of Military Medicine, vol. 122, no. 3, pp. 64-68.
