Congenital oral anomalies in Argentinian children

Congenital oral anomalies in Argentinian children

ABSTRACT A total of 6,180 Argentinian school‐age children were examined clinically for the presence of oral congenital anomalies. The following prevalence figures were found: commissured lip pits (0.7 %), ankyloglossia (0.1 %), geographic tongue (1.5 %), localized enamel hypomaturation (2.8 %) media...

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Veröffentlicht in:Community dentistry and oral epidemiology 1975-04, Vol.3 (2), p.61-63
1. Verfasser: Sedano, Heddie O.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
amelogenesis imperjecta
Argentina
Child
Dentistry
Female
Humans
Male
Mouth Abnormalities - epidemiology
mouth diseases
tongue diseases
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT A total of 6,180 Argentinian school‐age children were examined clinically for the presence of oral congenital anomalies. The following prevalence figures were found: commissured lip pits (0.7 %), ankyloglossia (0.1 %), geographic tongue (1.5 %), localized enamel hypomaturation (2.8 %) median rhomboid glossitis (0.1 %), torus palatinus (0.3 %) and dentinogenesis imperfecta (0.3 %). Data are presented for the first time on snowcap amelogenesis imperfecta with a prevalence value of 0.1 %.
ISSN:0301-5661
1600-0528
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00281.x