Smile Stories: Investigating Pediatric Dental Anomalies a Cross-Sectional Study
Keywords:
Dental Anomalies, Hypodontia, Dentition, Mixed, Oral Health, Pediatric Dentistry.Abstract
Objective: Determination of the frequency and distribution of dental anomalies across different age groups and gender within the pediatric population.
Study Design: Cross-sectional observational study.
st th Place and Duration of Study: Tertiary care hospitals of Karachi from 1 February 2023 to 15 December 2023.
Materials and Methods: After obtaining informed verbal consent via the individual, his or her parent, or legal guardian, demographics and medical records were entered onto a predesigned proforma that contained all dental anomalies details of the pediatric population which were diagnosed by clinical interpretations. Outcomes were analyzed using SPSS version 21.00.
Results: Among 278 participants 16.5%(n=46) of the population suffered from dental anomalies. Total males were 57.5%(n=160) and females were 42% (n=118) among which 56.5% (n=26) males and 5.2 %(n=20) females had dental anomalies. Most dental anomalies were observed at ages 6,7, and 9. The most prevalent dental abnormality in males was peg lateral incisor, followed by fusion and macrodontia, but in females, it was peg
lateral incisor, fusion, and hypodontia. Anomalies with a significant association with gender were hypodontia, macrodontia, fusion/gemination, and peg lateral having p-values of 0.03, 0.04, 0.02, and 0.05 respectively. Most common abnormalities detected at ages of 12 years, and 11 years, were peg laterals, fusion/germination,and hypodntia, with p-values of 0.04 and 0.03, respectively.
Conclusion: Peg lateral incisor was the most common dental abnormality among the local pediatric population of Karachi, Pakistan. Dental abnormalities were more common in men, and they most often occurred during the mixed dentition phase.
