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I added an "unreferenced" template, because the statement "Hyperdontia was a common genetic trait among certain Native American tribes (...) with every individual (...) having a full double set of teeth" seems a bit dubious to me, I think I need to see a source for that.

-- speaking of references, referencing Yahoo Answers is shameful 124.170.240.30 (talk) 14:21, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lose baby teeth, get starter teeth, lose starter teeth, get permanent teeth. Not a problem. Is this hyperdontia or something else and if so what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.87.130.113 (talk) 10:18, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

^I had the exact same thing as you describe there, and so did my grandfather, and great grandfather apparently. I see a few people mentioning it in regards to their personal history online, but not much in the way of facts beyond this which I assume it falls within.219.88.68.195 (talk) 01:04, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I find many disease listings on Wikipedia love to attribute a lesser percentage of occurance to 'Europeans' whilst assigning a higher percentage to blacks or asians. Cut the crap please.

• How is that racist? Ever heard of genetics? Studies that show the prevalence varies betwen populations. [1]J (talk) 21:15, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Does this refer to a syndrome known as "Shark teeth". How does one develop a double set of teeth? Responses will be appreciated.

I have never heard of "shark teeth" before, but it is not uncommon to see children with two rows of teeth (front row being baby teeth and back row being adult teeth) when the adult teeth are just beginning to come into the mouth. When this happens, this does not usually last very long because most baby teeth are going to fall out on their own, and if not a dentist will just pluck them out. - Dozenist talk 18:50, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The first source (link) does not work. The second 2 sources are to insubstantial web sites to validate the material they are supposed to be supporting. Bus stop (talk) 03:09, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. This article doesn't say what typical numbers of human teeth are. Nor does the article on hypodontia. — President Lethe (talk) 06:48, 1 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This link to a case report was added to the mainpage recently with no clear reason. I'm putting it here incase it's of any use to anyone. http://www.jisppd.com/article.asp?issn=0970-4388;year=2011;volume=29;issue=2;spage=149;epage=154;aulast=Nuvvula GadBeebe (talk) 22:09, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]