Table 1.
Total number of examined teeth; dilacerated teeth and their vicinity to the anatomic regions
| Tooth |
Number of
examined teeth |
Number of total
Dilacerations (%) |
Apical
third |
Middle
third |
Number of teeth
near anatomic regions |
Adjacent anatomic
region |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxillary | 3121 | 9(0.28%) | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Central incisor | 486 | 1(0.2%) | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Lateral incisor | 485 | 1(0.2%) | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Canine | 465 | 0(0%) | - | - | - | - | ||
| First premolar | 465 | 1(0.2%) | 1 | - | - | Maxillary sinus | ||
| Second premolar | 440 | 0(0%) | - | - | - | - | ||
| First molar | 366 | 5(1.3%) | Mb*:1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Maxillary sinus | |
| Db†:4 | ||||||||
| Second molar | 414 | 1(0.2%) | Db:1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| mandibular | 3025 | 10(0.33%) | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Central incisor | 491 | 1(0.2%) | 1 | |||||
| Lateral incisor | 494 | 0(0%) | - | - | - | - | ||
| Canine | 499 | 0(0%) | - | - | - | - | ||
| First premolar | 474 | 0(0%) | - | - | - | - | ||
| Second premolar | 415 | 1(0.2%) | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| First molar | 278 | 2(0.7%) | M‡:1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| D¶:1 | ||||||||
| Second molar | 374 | 6(1.6%) | M:1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Alveolar nerve | |
| D:5 | ||||||||
* Mesiobuccal root dilacerated in a multirooted tooth. † Distobuccal root dilacerated in a multirooted tooth.
‡ Mesial roots dilacerated in a multirooted tooth. ¶ Distal roots dilacerated in a multirooted tooth.