Prevalence of taurodontism as a radiographic finding in patients who attend the diagnostic area of the Dr. René Puig Bentz Dental Clinic of the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University, period January-April 2023
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Taurodontism is a dental alteration that affects the length of the pulp chamber, being longer in the occluso-apical direction and a displacement of the furcation beyond the middle third towards the apical direction. This study was observational, prospective and descriptive cross-sectional. The objective was to determine the prevalence of taurodontism in patients who attend the diagnostic area of the Dr. René Puig Bentz Dental Clinic of the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University in the period January-April 2023. As a result, the most predominant was mestizo with six patients (37.5%) and the least predominant was black with one patient (6.25%). Within the 26 teeth evaluated with taurodontism, the following types were present: hypotaurodontism with 12 teeth (46.15%), hypertaurodontism with 10 teeth (38.46%) and mesotaurodontism with four teeth (15.38%). The most affected jaw was the lower jaw, 14 teeth (53.85%) and the quadrant with the greatest appearance of the anomaly was the 3rd. quadrant with nine teeth (34.62%). The dental units with the highest prevalence of alterations were the lower left second premolar and the upper right second molar with four cases (15.38%) respectively. In conclusion, the appearance of taurodontism is rare in the population, with equal prevalence in both sexes and the most frequent type was hypotaurodontism.
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A population of 500 patients was evaluated with a range aged 13 to 87 years, from whom panoramic radiographs were taken to detect the presence or absence of the anomaly, and if present, periapical radiographs were taken to confirm the diagnosis and establish the type. The results were analyzed with the SPSS program and statistical analysis (χ2 test). As a result, 16 patients (3.2%) were diagnosed with the anomaly, among which, eight were female (50%) and eight were male (50%)