Prevalence of developmental oral anomalies among school children in two areas of Baghdad District

Abstract EN

This research was conducted to determine the prevalence of some developmental oral anomalies in children, from two different areas in Iraq.

Materials and Method: One area selected in Baghdad city center was (urban area) and the other was (rural area) in its boundaries.

A total of 3018 children aged 6-12 years were examined for 13 anomalies in lip, tongue and palate.

Results: The most frequent, anomaly was ankyloglossia (8.1%), fissured tongue (6.2%), torus palatinus (3.2%), microglossia (2.4%), geographic tongue (1.8%), macroglossia (0.8%) and torus mandibularis (0.3%).

Conclusion: the prevalence of these oral anomalies directed by genetic factor and environmental or acquired factor like other diseases