Development of supernumerary premolars in an orthodontic population

Seven cases exhibiting supernumerary premolar development were detected during a 2-year period during the routine care of approximately 1 100 orthodontic patients. This 0.64% prevalence is more than twice as high as has been previously reported and represents an occurrence rate of 1 per 157 patients...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology oral medicine, oral pathology, 1991-03, Vol.71 (3), p.392-395
Hauptverfasser: Rubenstein, Loretta K., Lindauer, Steven J., Isaacson, Robert J., Germane, Nicholas
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Seven cases exhibiting supernumerary premolar development were detected during a 2-year period during the routine care of approximately 1 100 orthodontic patients. This 0.64% prevalence is more than twice as high as has been previously reported and represents an occurrence rate of 1 per 157 patients. This report describes the summary data for the cases detected and briefly reviews the available literature.
ISSN:0030-4220
1878-2175
DOI:10.1016/0030-4220(91)90324-6