انتشار الآفات الفموية لدى عينة من الأطفال المراجعين لقسم طب أسنان الأطفال في كلية طب الأسنان-جامعة دمشق

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Background and aim: to estimate the pattern of distribution of oral lesions amongst children attending Pediatric department at Damascus University taking gender and social status during current conflict into consideration.

Materials and Methods: 274 children were recruited in this study.

Oral health was evaluated using the WHO’s Oral Health Assessment Form for Children-2013.

Social status was categorized into: internally displaced children due to current conflict, children from SOS villages and children from the general population with stable situation.

Statistical analysis were conducted using SPSS 22.

Results: 167 OL were diagnosed in 129 children (47%).

12.7% of children had 2 or more OLs.

Fissured tongue was the most prevalent OL with 29% followed by dental abscess 9.86%.

The prevalence of all other OL was as follow geographic tongue 9.12%, herptic ulcers 5.47%, traumatic ulcers 3.33% aphthous ulcer 1.09%, hairy tongue1.09%, tongue-tie 1.09%, and Fordyce spots 1.09.

Conclusions: This study had evaluated and identified the prevalence of oral lesion in a sample of Syrian children.

About half of children had at least one oral lesion.

Lack of oral healthcare services and continuous psychological stress under the current war situation in Syria would probably lead to higher prevalence of OL in other parts of the country.