ABSTRACT
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.
Subject(s)
Mouth Abnormalities/epidemiology , Child , Exostoses/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Male , Palate , Saudi Arabia , Tongue Diseases/epidemiologyABSTRACT
296 preschoolchildren attending the pediatric clinic at Gizan Hospital were examined over a period of 3 months. Caries was recorded using the criteria described by WHO. One third of the children had untreated caries and none of the children had received any restorative dental care. A strategy for development of preventive dental services for this age group is discussed.
