dc.contributor.author | Kaimenyi Jacob T. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T06:37:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T06:37:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Indian Journal of Dental Research 9:67-71. 1999 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/24591 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10530193 | |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of midline diastema, tongue tie and frenum attachments amongst school children in Nairobi. A total of 1802 children aged between 4 and 16 years were selected randomly using multistage sampling technique. To avoid oversampling in either sex, a proportionate sampling procedure was used. Thereafter, a thorough intra-oral examination was carried out using a mouth mirror under artificial or natural light with the children lying on a supine position. Presence or absence of midline interdental spaces unusually bigger than other interdental spaces were noted and recorded on a prepared dateacollection form. Accurate location of the origin of the frenum was done using Placek et al Morphological-functional classification of the labial frenum attachments. Data was analyzed manually by tally method. Results showed that 35% had upper and lower midline diastema. 55% were females and 45% were males. Their mean age was 7.6 years. 0.2% had a high lingual frenum. The commonest location of frenum attachment amongst children with lower midline diastema was the mucogingival junction (86%) whereas amongst those with upper midline diastema it was attached gingiva (50%). None of the children had frenum attachment on the interdental papilla. It was concluded that the maxilla had a higher prevalence of midline diastema than the mandible and that papillary penetrating frenum attachments amongst these patients were higher in the maxilla than the mandible. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Diastema | en |
dc.subject | School children | en |
dc.title | Occurrence of midline diastema and frenum attachments amongst school children in Nairobi, Kenya | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Faculty of Dental Science | en |