Farwa Batool, Alia Ahmed, Sharaz Ahmed, Samar-e Zahra.
Frequency of missing maxillary permanent lateral incisors — a study.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;36(2):301-4.

There are a number of dental anomalies and congenital absence of the teeth is relatively more common. These can cause the patient to seek treatment because of esthetic concern. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of agenesis of maxillary permanent lateral incisors. A total of 364 outdoor patients, both male and female, were included in the study from age 12 to 40 years. The data was collected and entered in a proforma and was analyzed by using SPSS 17.0. The results showed that only 1.6% of patients had congenitally missing permanent maxillary lateral incisors, with equal distribution within each gender i.e. male 1.7% and in female 1.6%. It was found that all cases have missing permanent maxillary lateral incisors unilaterally with no bilateral distribution. It was concluded that prevalence of congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisor is very low in our population.

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