Become A Member

Sana Arbab¹, Munawar Aziz Khattak¹, Imran Khattak¹ and Momena Rashid²

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the gender wise frequency of unilateral and bilateral distribution of cusp of Carabelli in maxillary permanent first molars in patients visiting OPD of Peshawar Dental Hospital.

Study Design: Cross sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the OPD of Peshawar Dental Hospital, Peshawar from July 2020 to December 2020.

Materials and Methods: A total of 300 patients (125 males and 175 females) were selected through consecutive sampling technique. Age group selected was from 13 to 30 years. Both genders having fully erupted maxillary permanent first molars on both sides of the jaw were included in the study and teeth were examined using mouth mirror under proper illumination and standard protocols. The data were analysed through SPSS version 20 and statistical analysis was done using Chi Square test. P value of ≤0.05 was considered significant.

Results: 118 patients (39.3%) presented the cusp of Carabelli on maxillary permanent first molars. 24.7% of the patients had cusp present on both right and left molars while 10.3% of patients presented cusp only on right maxillary molars while in 4.3% of patients, it was located on left molars. Gender differentiation of the cusp did not show a statistically significant difference (p-value 0.140).

Conclusion: Common distribution of the cusp was bilateral on palatal surface of mesiolingual cusp of permanent maxillary first molars with the finding more evident in females (68.9%) as compared to males (31%). However unilateral distribution is commonly found on the right side.

Key Words: Cusp of Carabelli, Unilateral and bilateral distribution, Maxillary permanent first molars

Citation of article: Arbab S, Khattak MA, Khattak I, Rashid M. The Frequency of Unilateral and Bilateral Distribution of Cusp of Carabelli in Maxillary Permanent First Molars in Patients Visiting Peshawar Dental