Prevalence of pulp stones in Saudi adults

Pulp stones (denticles) are discrete calcified aggregates that occur most frequently in the dental pulp"'. They are found in healthy, diseased and sometimes unerupled teeth'2 ' . Their number appear to increase with increasing age. They are usually detected during radiographic examination as a radiopaque masses of variable sizes and shape.Corresponding Author: Prof. Saad Al Nazhan, Professor, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Endodontics Division, King Saud University, College of Dentistry, P.O. Box 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia. Email: snazhan@ksu.edu.s