Prevalence of shovel-shaped incisors in Saudi Arabian dental patients.
 The prevalence of maxillary incisor shoveling was studied radiographically in 990 Saudi patients.
 According to the radiomorphologic characteristics, a new classification was developed and shovel teeth were categorized.
 The findings of this study showed 9% shovel-shaped incisors; among those, 4% were central incisors and 5% were lateral incisors.
 Frequency of dens invaginatus occurrence with the shovel-shaped incisors was also investigated.
 Eight percent of shovel-shaped incisors showed presence of dens invaginatus.
 Prevalence was found to be 4% in central shovel-shaped incisors, whereas that in lateral shovel-shaped incisors was 11%.
