Prevalência de anomalias de desenvolvimento orofaciais em uma população paraibana.

Abstract

The present study aimed to establish the prevalence of orofacial developmental abnormalities in a population of patients attended. Records of adult and pediatric patients seen between the years 2012 to 2019 were evaluated, with a total of 4,564 medical records examined, 624 of which were child patients and 3940 of adults, where data such as gender, age, skin color and anomaly were collected. orofacial present. As a result, the prevalence of orofacial anomalies in the studied Paraiba population was 12.8%, the most prevalent anomalies being: Fordyce granules (n =; 4.07%), palatine torus (n =; 2.24%), mandibular torus (n =; 1.95%) and cleft tongue (n =; 1.66). 587 (11.5%) patients with some type of orofacial anomaly were obtained, being female 341 (58.0%) and 246 (42.0%) male, with a mean age of 34.32 ( ± SD) years of age in adults and 7.08 (± SD) years of age in pediatric patients. This prevalence is similar to other studies in the world, although it is believed that much information is underreported.