Prevalence of Dental Anomalies Among Children and Adolescents

Abstract

Relevance. The study of the prevalence of dental anomalies in different periods of bite formation is an urgent problem of pediatric dentistry. The prevalence of dental anomalies among children and adolescents, according to literature data, ranges from 15% to 70%. According to A.N., Elovikov, M.D. Sannikov (1971), the frequency of anomalies is 42.8%, according to F.Y. Khoroshilkina et al. (2001) - 36.2%, according to 3. I. Garaev (1998) 45.6%, T.I. Kovalenko (1985) it is 30.9%, according to A.I. Rybakov, G.V. Baziyan (1977) 44.7%. An analysis of the literature on the epidemiology of dental anomalies in children in Russia has revealed the absence of a tendency to decrease their frequency over the past 2-3 decades, despite the improvement in the quality of dental care provided to children and the active introduction of methods for the prevention of dental caries. According to a number of publications based on the results of studies in the same area at intervals of several decades, there is an increase in the number of children with anomalies of the dental system.