Table 4.
Patient ID | Age and dentition | 1. permanent molars are most frequently affected | 2. teeth distal to a PFE-affected molar are also affected | 3. supracrestal presentation (eruption pathway completely clear) | 4. there is a reduction of vertical growth of the alveolar bone in the affected regions | 5. a lateral open bite is present in the affected regions | 6. deciduous infraoccluded in mixed dentition | 7. asymmetry due to bilaterally unbalanced eruption of the teeth | 8. affected individual presents with a bi-lateral affection of PFE | 9. affected molars are located in the basal bone of the jaws | 10. affected molars show dilacerated roots |
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1 | 18 perm | x | x | x | x | ||||||
2* | 8 mix | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
6 | 8 mix | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
7 | 8 mix | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
8* | 16 mix | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
9 | 8 mix | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
10* | 17 perm | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
13 | 12 perm | x | x | x | x | ||||||
18 | 6 mix | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
22 | 17 perm | x | x | x | x | ||||||
24 | 11 mix | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
30 | 14 perm | x | x | x | |||||||
72 | 12 perm | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
20 | 12 mix | x | x | ||||||||
23 | 15 perm | x | x | x | x | ||||||
37 | 8 mix | x | x | x dec. only | |||||||
43 | 12 perm | x | |||||||||
47 | 7 mix | x | x dec. only | x | |||||||
49 | 10 mix | x | x dec. only |
The hallmark signs (key PFE traits) are italics and listed first, from 1 to 6
Patients marked by * showed at least 5 hallmark signs