@Article{, title={Prevalence of developmental oral anomalies among school children in two areas of Baghdad district}, author={Wajnaa F. Qassim وجناء قاسم and Zaheda J. Muhammad زاهدة محمد}, journal={Journal of baghdad college of dentistry مجلة كلية طب الاسنان بغداد}, volume={17}, number={1}, pages={51-53}, year={2005}, abstract={Background: 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.

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