Prevalence of dental agenesis in a sample of Italian orthodontic patients: an epidemiological study

Abstract Background The congenital absence of one or more teeth is a dental anomaly that frequently occurs in the world’s population with a wide variability of distribution. The aim of this study is to assess the current prevalence of dental agenesis in the permanent dentition (excluding third molar...

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Main Authors: Antonio L. T. Gracco, Serena Zanatta, Filippo Forin Valvecchi, Denis Bignotti, Alessandro Perri, Francesco Baciliero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-10-01
Series:Progress in Orthodontics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40510-017-0186-9