Journal of oral hygiene and Health has announced almost 20 percent discount on article processing charge to commemorate its Anniversary. On behalf of the Journal of oral hygiene and Health the editor of Journal of oral hygiene and Health is overwhelmed by the response and eagerness of the academic and research contributors to publish with the journal and take part in the year-long celebrations.

Impacted teeth are the teeth which are completely unerupted, retained or partially erupted based on the clinical and radiographic assessment. It is a common dental anomaly of the jaws. The prevalence of impacted and supernumerary teeth has been the subject of various studies. Different populations and ethnic group were studied for the same to know the variation. The incidence of impacted teeth, excluding third molars, has been reported between 5.6 to 18.8% in various studies. There are no studies conducted in South Karnataka population to determine the prevalence of impacted teeth and present study is an attempt to know the prevalence of impacted and supernumerary teeth and thus to provide a forensic tool.

A tooth which is prevented from eruption due to physical barrier is considered to be impaction. It can also occur due to altered orientation of the tooth from normal. Tooth is considered as impacted when it remains in jaw even after 2 years of mean eruption time. A supernumerary tooth is the additional tooth which is either erupted or impacted. It can resemble or does not have similarity to particular tooth. Supernumerary teeth can cause malposition or uneruption of adjacent teeth.

The Journal is successfully running in the 8^th Volume which covers a wide variety of Researchers of Oral Hygiene and Dental Health discipline are encouraged to publish innovative ideas in the international platform and peer reviewed journal of oral care and hygiene with good Impact factor. Oral hygiene, oral cancer, and oral surgery are some of the most evolving sectors of dental sciences, which still need more findings and communication. Hoping to contribute your work in our journal of Oral hygiene and health. We accept Original articles, rewiew articles, short commentaries etc.,

Journal Impact Factor 0.72* Now Indexed with INDEX COPERNICUS

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