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In total, 3508 children received oral examinations, and items such as erupted deciduous teeth and teeth anomalies were recorded. Among these children, those with missing anterior deciduous teeth were selected, and their details were analyzed. In the 216 children, there were 266 missing anterior deciduous teeth. Congenitally missing anterior deciduous teeth were observed in 80 children, and fused teeth were observed in 128 children. The missing teeth were predominantly located in the mandible and occurred more frequently on the right side. The most common reason for acquired missing teeth was trauma, and no cases of spontaneous loss due to systemic disease were found in this study. Screening for various tooth anomalies is expected to play an important role in cultivating a better understanding of the oral cavity of children, developing healthy dentitions, and contributing to the early detection of some systemic diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children9111761","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,17]],"date-time":"2022-11-17T03:24:34Z","timestamp":1668655474000},"page":"1761","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Large-Scale Survey of Missing Deciduous Anterior Teeth on Medical Examination at the Age of 3.5 Years"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Tsutomu","family":"Otsuchi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"General Incorporated Association, Dental Association of Matsubara City, Osaka 580-0044, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuko","family":"Ogaya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka 565-0871, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuto","family":"Suehiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka 565-0871, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8634-209X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rena","family":"Okawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka 565-0871, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kazuhiko","family":"Nakano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka 565-0871, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"33","DOI":"10.1186\/2196-1042-14-33","article-title":"Meta-analysis and systematic review of factors biasing the observed prevalence of congenitally missing teeth in permanent dentition excluding third molars","volume":"14","author":"Rakhshan","year":"2013","journal-title":"Prog. 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