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Table 3 Developmental dental hard tissue anomalies by caries and oral hygiene status (N = 65)

From: Prevalence of developmental dental hard-tissue anomalies and association with caries and oral hygiene status of children in Southwestern, Nigeria

Dental hard-tissue anomaly

Number of cases with caries n = 8

Number of cases without caries n = 57

Number of cases with good oral hygiene n = 10

Number of cases with fair oral hygiene n = 44

Number of cases with poor oral hygiene n = 11

Prevalence of lesion (N = 65)

Enamel hypoplasia

2 (25.0 %)

33 (57.8 %)

5 (50.0 %)

26 (59.1 %)

4 (36.4 %)

35 (54.0 %)

Microdontia

4 (50.0 %)

22 (38.6 %)

4 (40.0 %)

15 (34.0 %)

7 (63.6 %)

26 (40.0 %)

Dens Evaginatus

1 (12.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (2.3 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (1.5 %)

Fusion/germination

0 (0.0 %)

1 (1.8 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (2.3 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (1.5 %)

Talon cusp

0 (0.0 %)

1(1.8 %)

1 (10.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (1.5 %)

Dens Invaginatus

1 (12.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1(2.3 %)

0 (0.0 %)

I (1.5 %)

Total

8 (100.0 %)

57 (100.0 %)

10 (100.0)

44 (100.0 %)

11 (100.0 %)

654 (100.0 %)