상악 절치에 출현한 Dens Invaginatus의 발생빈도에 관한 방사선학적 연구

THE INCIDENCE OF THE DENS INVAGINATUS IN THE MAXILLARY INCISORS

The purpose of this survey was to reveal a incidence of dens invaginatus in the max. illary incisor region. The material was 1671 sets of full mouth intraoral standard films, which was taken from the patients visiting for the routine check at the Infirmary of College of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University. The following results were obtained; 1. The incidence of dens invaginatus was 14.90 and that of slightly dilated dens invaginatus was 9.46%. 2. The incidence of dens invaginatus showed no difference between male and female. 3. Most of the dens invaginatus occurred in the maxillary lateral incisors (93.53%) and a few in the maxillary central incisors (6.46%) showed slight invagination. 4. Among the cases with dens invaginatus, over a half (53.4l%) showed bilateral occurrence. 5. Comparatively rare cases, i.e. bilateral dens invaginatus of the maxillary central incisors, unilateral double dens invaginatus of the maxillary lateral incisor, and bilateral dens invaginatus of the maxillary lateral incisors, one side double and one side single, were reported.