The aim of this investigation was to study children with
supernumerary teeth who visited the Department of Pedodontics and
Preventive Dentistry, Government Dental College and Hospital, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Only children with
supernumerary teeth were included in the study while patients having
supernumerary teeth with associated syndromes were excluded. Supernumeraries were detected by clinical and radiographic examination. The results indicated that males were affected more than females with a sex ratio of 2.9 : 1. Single
supernumerary tooth was seen in 79% of the patients, 20% had double, and 1% had three or more supernumeraries. Premaxillary supernumeraries accounted for 93.8% of the cases. Conical shaped
supernumerary teeth were the most common type (59.7%). Majority of supernumeraries remained unerupted (65%). Fusion of
supernumerary tooth with a regular tooth was observed in 4% of the patients. Talon cusp, an associated dental anomaly, was seen in 5% of the cases. Simultaneous
hypodontia occurred in 2.3% of patients with supernumeraries.