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Commissural lip pits in Israeli Jews of different ethnic origin
Author(s) -
Gorsky Meir,
Buchner Amos,
Cohen Carmela
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1985.tb00444.x
Subject(s) - commissure , medicine , ethnic group , dentistry , anatomy , sociology , anthropology
The prevalence of Commissural lip pits in a group of 2462 Israeli Jews was determined, and a relation of Commissural lip pits to ethnic background was noted. Results showed the presence of commissural lip pits in 17.4% of the entire commissural lip pits; lip pits sample; 9.7% were unilateral and 7.7% were bilaterally located. The Ashkenazi group showed a significant higher prevalence of commissural lip pits (19.4%) when compared to the prevalence in the Sephardic group (14.1%) and the Eastern group(21.1%)