The Bulletin of Tokyo Dental College
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Difference in Bilateral Timing of Eruption of Permanent Teeth
Eiko MakinoKeiichiro TsujinoTakenobu IshiiSeikou ShintaniKenji Sueishi
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Article ID: 2018-0009

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The aim of this study was to obtain basic data that might serve as criteria in the diagnosis of delayed eruption of the permanent teeth. The synchronicity of the eruption of corresponding contralateral teeth was determined. Data were obtained on both the deciduous and permanent dentition based on records made every 2 months at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry of Tokyo Dental College. These data were then used to investigate bilateral differences in the timing of eruption of the permanent teeth. Over 80% of incisors, first molars, mandibular canines, and maxillary first premolars erupted within 4 months of their contralateral counterparts, while this occurred in 75% of maxillary canines, mandibular first premolars, and mandibular second molars, 70% of maxillary and mandibular second premolars, and 65% of maxillary second molars. Bilateral differences in the timing of permanent tooth eruption varied depending on type of tooth, and these differences tended to be smaller for teeth erupting at an earlier point in the order of eruption, and greater for those erupting at a later point. These results suggest that the failure of a contralateral tooth to erupt within 4 months of its counterpart might serve as a criterion in a diagnosis of suspected delayed eruption of a permanent tooth.

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