M Kirthiga
Syamala Reddy Dental College, India
Title: Aberrant dental morphological details in 6-10 year old school children in Indian population - A cross sectional survey
Biography
Biography: M Kirthiga
Abstract
Background: Variations in the structure of teeth have always been of great curiosity to the dentist from the scientific and practical point of view. Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of a few aberrant morphological features namely cusp of carabelli in primary second molar and in permanent first molar, five cusp in primary second molar and permanent first molar, shoveling and double shoveling with respect to permanent central incisors, four cusped primary second molar and permanent first molar, six cusped primary second molar and permanent first molar, seven cusped primary second molar and permanent first molar in 6-10 year old children belonging to East Bengaluru, a city in India. Design: A cross sectional survey was conducted among 2111 children by two stage sampling method. Class III examination was performed. The findings were subjected to chi-square test. Results: 83.8% of the studied population had one or more of the variations checked for. The variation most commonly seen was double shoveling (66.6%) followed by shoveling (65.7%). No significant results were observed in any trait with respect to gender. Conclusion: This study is the first of its kind, providing a baseline data of the prevalence of morphological details in the pediatric Indian population. KEY WORDS: prevalence, morphological variations, school children.