Prevalence of taurodontism as a radiographic finding in patients who attend the diagnostic area of ​​the Dr. René Puig Bentz Dental Clinic of the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University, period January-April 2023

Taurodontism is a dental alteration that affects the length of the pulp chamber, being longer in the occluso-apical direction and a displacement of the furcation beyond the middle third towards the apical direction. This study was observational, prospective and descriptive cross-sectional. The objective was to determine the prevalence of taurodontism in patients who attend the diagnostic area of ​​the Dr. René Puig Bentz Dental Clinic of the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University in the period January-April 2023.
As a result, the most predominant was mestizo with six patients (37.5%) and the least predominant was black with one patient (6.25%). Within the 26 teeth evaluated with taurodontism, the following types were present: hypotaurodontism with 12 teeth (46.15%), hypertaurodontism with 10 teeth (38.46%) and mesotaurodontism with four teeth (15.38%). The most affected jaw was the lower jaw, 14 teeth (53.85%) and the quadrant with the greatest appearance of the anomaly was the 3rd. quadrant with nine teeth (34.62%). The dental units with the highest prevalence of alterations were the lower left second premolar and the upper right second molar with four cases (15.38%) respectively. In conclusion, the appearance of taurodontism is rare in the population, with equal prevalence in both sexes and the most frequent type was hypotaurodontism.