Prevalence of missing permanent teeth in 9-14 years dental patients in Sulaimani city - Radiographic study

Abstract

Dental agenesis of one or more teeth is the mostly common anomaly of dental development in man (1). Various definitions are used in the literature to describe this phenomenon. Anodontia denotes complete dental agenesis. Oligodontia referred to patients with the absence of six or more teeth, apart from the third molars. Hypodontia is used to indicate the congenital absence of one to six teeth (excluding third molars) (2,3) .