Tooth impaction rarely occurs in primary dentition.
B. Seraj, S. Ghadimi, G. Mighani, H. Zare, M. Rabbani 2012, 'Inverted Impacted Primary Maxillary Incisors: A Case Report', Journal of Dentistry of Tehran University of Medical Scienceshttp://jdt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jdt/article/view/655/351. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Supernumerary teeth occur more frequently in the permanent dentition but rarely in primary dentition.
Rakesh N. Bahadure, Nilima Thosar, Eesha S. Jain, Vidhi Kharabe, Rahul Gaikwad 2012, 'Supernumerary Teeth in Primary Dentition and Early Intervention: A Series of CaseReports', Case Reports in Dentistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/614652. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The total mean decayed, missing or filled teeth (dmft) of primary dentition were assessed.
Jing-jing Liang, Zhe-qing Zhang, Ya-jun Chen, Jin-cheng Mai, Jun Ma, Wen-han Yang,Jin Jing 2016, 'Dental caries is negatively correlated with body mass index among 7-9 years old childrenin Guangzhou, China', BMC Public Healthhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3295-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Out of the total population, 33.9% had caries affecting their primary dentition.
Shveta Sood, Vipin Ahuja, Swati Chowdhry 2014, 'Reconnoitring the association of nutritional status with oral health in elementaryschool-going children of Ghaziabad City, North India', Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistryhttp://www.jisppd.com/article.asp?issn=0970-4388;year=2014;volume=32;issue=3;spage=197;epage=201;aulast=Sood. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Subsequent dentitions exhibited over 90% similarity to the primary dentition in phylogenetic and functional structure.
Matthew R. Mason, Stephanie Chambers, Shareef M. Dabdoub, Sarat Thikkurissy, PurnimaS. Kumar 2018, 'Characterizing oral microbial communities across dentition states and colonizationniches', Microbiomehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0443-2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Mean dmft (decay, missing, filled teeth index for primary dentition) was 6.79.
Lejla Šačić, Nina Marković, Amra Arslanagić Muratbegović, Amila Zukanović, Sedin Kobašlija 2016, 'The prevalence and severity of early childhood caries in preschool children in theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina', Acta Medica Academicahttp://ama.ba/index.php/ama/article/view/267/pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This paper presents a rare and unusual case of triple teeth in mandibular primary dentition.
Prashant Babaji, M. A. Prasanth, Ajith R. Gowda, Soumya Ajith, Henston D'Souza, K.P. Ashok 2012, 'Triple Teeth: Report of an Unusual Case', Case Reports in Dentistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/735925. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)