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Krittika, R.
- Prevalence of Developmental Tongue Lesions in South Indian Population
Authors
1 Department of Oral and maxillofacial Pathology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, Vol 10, No 12 (2019), Pagination: 886-890Abstract
Background: The presence of developmental anomalies on the tongue is relatively common reason that patients visit dental clinics. Diagnosis of a wide variety of developmental anomalies is an essential part of a daily dental practice.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the type and prevalence of developmental anomalies of tongue in patients in South Indian population.
Study Design: A total of 800 patients were screened for developmental tongue lesions. The developmental tongue lesions were found in 32 of 800 patients examined. The prevalence pattern was examined.
Result: The most prevalent tongue lesion was found to be fissured tongue 14(44%). The least prevalent was found to be macroglossia 1(%). The tongue lesions such as microglossia, hairy tongue and lingual nodule were not present.The developmental tongue lesions were found to be more in males (75%) than females (25%) in the survey.