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Developmental oral anomalies among schoolchildren in Gizan region, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Salem G.,
Holm S. A.,
Fattah R.,
Basset S.,
Nasser C.
Publication year - 1987
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.1600-0528.1987.tb00504.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , macroglossia , dentistry , dental anomalies , glossitis , tongue disease , orthodontics , pathology
The present report gives prevalence values for some developmental oral anomalies in 1932 schoolchildren aged 6–12 yr in Gizan region, Saudi Arabia. The developmental oral anomalies identified in this study were: torus palatinus (1.4%), fissured tongue (0.8%), geographic tongue (0.2%), and tongue tie (0.1%). None of the following developmental oral anomalies were observed: lip pits, cleft lip and/ or palate, torus mandibularis, microglossia, macroglossia or median rhomboid glossitis.