Frequency of Buccal Pits and Defective Buccal Pits in Mandibular Molars of Children and Adolescents

A buccal pit is a prominent point-like depression that appears at the cervical end of mandibular molar developmental grooves. defective can be defined as in which continuity dentinoenamel junction broken and extends to dentinal level. This study aimed determine frequency pits un-erupted first second molars using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). The analysis was performed on CBCT images taken from 417 Korean children adolescents who visited Department Pediatric Dentistry, Yonsei University Dental Hospital between 2004 2020. Based cross-sectional views images, were categorized into 4 classes according depth pits. expression rate 29.1%. prevalence 7.9%. tended develop bilaterally. To date, this most comprehensive with largest sample size. attempt worldwide analyze define worldwide.