Nationwide prevalence of impacted teeth in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bassam Alalola, Fathimah Farook, Ali Asiri, Ghadah Aldakheel, Farraj Albalawi, Suliman Alsaeed · 2026
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Description
Bassam Alalola and co-authors pool studies to find how common impacted teeth are in Saudi Arabia. An impacted tooth is stuck and cannot break through the gum, which can cause pain and other trouble. Past counts in the kingdom varied a lot by study and group.
Twenty studies with about eighty thousand patients in total were merged. About seven in a hundred patients had at least one impacted lasting tooth. Lower wisdom teeth were stuck most often, then upper wisdom teeth, then upper eye teeth. Eye teeth were stuck more often in brace patients than in the general public. The authors offer the count as a national guide for early checks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bassam Alalola, Fathimah Farook, Ali Asiri, Ghadah Aldakheel, Farraj Albalawi, Suliman Alsaeed |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |