title: Developmental oral anomalies among schoolchildren in Gizan region, Saudi Arabia.
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.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fattah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basset
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nasser
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005096:Exostoses / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009056:Mouth Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010159:Palate; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology