Table 2.
Dental anomalies by sex and socio-economic status (N = 65)
Dental hard-tissue anomaly | Number of cases affecting Male n = 24 | Number of cases affecting Female n = 41 | Number of cases affecting Low SES n = 21 | Number of cases affecting Middle SES n = 32 | Number of cases affecting High SES n = 12 | Prevalence of lesion N = 65 |
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Enamel hypoplasia | 11 (45.8 %) | 24 (58.6 %) | 11 (52.4 %) | 15 (46.9 %) | 9 (75.0 %) | 35 (54.0 %) |
Microdontia | 12 (50.0 %) | 14 (34.2 %) | 9 (42.9 %) | 14 (43.8 %) | 3 (25.0 %) | 26 (40.0 %) |
Dens Evaginatus | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (2.4 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (3.1 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (1.5 %) |
Fusion/germination | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (2.4 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (3.1 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (1.5 %) |
Talon cusp | 1 (4.2 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (4.7 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (1.5 %) |
Dens invaginatus | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (2.4 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (3.1 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 1 (1.5 %) |
Macrodontia | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) |
Supernumerary | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) |
Transposition | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) |
Notch incisor | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) |
Hypodontia | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) |
Total | 24 (100.0) | 41 (100.0) | 21 (100.0) | 32 (100.0) | 12 (100.0) | 65 (100.0) |