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Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 9/2016

01-11-2016 | Anatomic Variations

The characteristics and occurrence of the talon cusps in Turkish population: a retrospective sample study

Authors: Gökhan Özkan, Ali Toptaş, Pelin Güneri

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 9/2016

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to figure out the characteristics and occurrence of talon cusps in a sample of Turkish population.

Methods

In this retrospective study, talon cusps in permanent dentition were evaluated on radiographs and intraoral photographs which were obtained from patients who were referred to Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey between January 2013 and January 2014.

Results

Talon cusps were observed in 365 of 4116 patients, with a frequency of 8.86 %. There were 208 (57 %) females and 157 (43 %) males with this variation. Maxillary canines were the most affected anterior teeth (40.83 %), followed by lateral incisors (39.60 %) and central incisors (19.55 %). Of the patients, 81 (22.19 %) had type I talon cusp with two periapical pathologies, 114 (31.23 %) had type II talon cusp with four periapical pathologies and 226 (61.91 %) had type III talon cusp with also four periapical pathologies.

Conclusions

The occurrence of talon cusps was higher than other studies reported in the literature, with an exception of the study in Alaskan Eskimos. The most commonly detected type of talon cusp was type III (61.91 %), and dens invaginatus was the most frequent variation observed with talon cusps.
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Metadata
Title
The characteristics and occurrence of the talon cusps in Turkish population: a retrospective sample study
Authors
Gökhan Özkan
Ali Toptaş
Pelin Güneri
Publication date
01-11-2016
Publisher
Springer Paris
Published in
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 9/2016
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-016-1653-6

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