Prevalence of Shovel-Shaped in Patients of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Costa Rica. A Pilot Study

 

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Auteur: Bolaños DDS, Violeta
Format: artículo original
Statut:Versión publicada
Date de publication:2015
Description:The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of shovel shaped teeth in a group of patients between 4 and 14 years old. A descriptive transversal clinical study was done by observing the patients of the Odontopediatrics Clinic, during March 2013 and December 2014. The Statistical Logistic Regression Method was used to study the prevalence of the abnormality by gender. The results showed that 96 patients presented shovel shaped teeth, which corresponds to 32% of the population; from which 13% were boys and 19% were girls. Concluding that the prevalence of shovel shaped teeth with a 95% of confidentiality was of 32%. 
Pays:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Langue:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/21476
Accès en ligne:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/Odontos/article/view/21476
Access Level:acceso abierto
Mots-clés:Shovel shaped
Developmental anomalies
Dental anomalies