Hypodontia
Incontinentia
pigmenti presenting as hypodontia in a 3-year-old girl: a case report. Orthopantomographic radiograph confirming the absence of deciduous (62, 74 and 75) and permanent teeth, mainly in the left mandibular area, and characterizing radicular and coronal changes.
Hypodontia refers to the congenital absence of one or more teeth.
Epidemiology
Hypodontia is common, affecting ~15% of the population with a recognized variations in ethnicities, e.g. prevalence of 1% in indigenous Australians through to 30% in Japanese populations. There is a female preponderance with a M:F of 2:3 .
Pathology
Hypodontia is known to occur with a large range of syndromes but is also common in non-syndromic patients. The third molars are the most commonly absent teeth followed by the lateral maxillary incisors or mandibular pre-molars .
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