Also known as TEETH, SUPERNUMERARY
Hyperdontia is the condition of having supernumerary teeth, or teeth that appear in addition to the regular number of teeth (32 in the average adult). They can appear in any area of the dental arch and can affect any dental organ. The opposite of hyperdontia is hypodontia, where there is a congenital lack of teeth, which is a condition seen more commonly than hyperdontia. The scientific definition of hyperdontia is "any tooth or odontogenic structure that is formed from tooth germ in excess of usual number for any given region of the dental arch." The additional teeth, which may be few or many
Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Hyperdontia
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Supernumerary teeth, Mesiodens
- Medical condition.image
- Intraoral-photograph-showing-conical-mesiodens.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Intraoral photograph showing conical mesiodens
- Medical condition.field
- Dentistry
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Supernumerary teeth coming out from the gum or in the mouth
- Medical condition.complications
- Supernumerary teeth growing into the gum
- Medical condition.types
- 5
- Medical condition.causes
- Gardner's syndrome Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Cleft palate Cleidocranial dysplasia Genetic disorder
- Medical condition.risks
- supernumerary teeth causing problems in the dental arch
- Medical condition.differential
- Hypodontia
- Medical condition.treatment
- Dental surgery
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Research
3,416 papers- A comprehensive review of the literature and data analysis on hypo-hyperdontia.Journal of oral science · 2014
- The Prevalence of Hypodontia and Hyperdontia in Orthodontic Patients.Acta medica academica · 2020
- Hyperdontia across sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence, patterning, and implications.Archives of oral biology · 2022
- Retrospective study of concomitant hypodontia and hyperdontia in 145 subjects.Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2023
- [Supernumerary teeth--hyperdontia].Acta stomatologica Croatica · 1974
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- genetic disease
- Image
- Hyperdontia - Genetically inherited development of overcomplete teeth. 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hyperdontia
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0011069
- health specialty
- oral and maxillofacial surgery
- WordLift URL
- data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/hyperdontia
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Article · 日本語
過剰歯（かじょうし） とは、歯種によって決まっている数以上に存在する歯のことである。成長の過程で口腔内に萌出する場合もあれば、萌出しない場合もある。過剰歯はヒトにおいて女性よりも男性に多く見られる。欠損歯より例は少ない。
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