Prevalência de anomalias de desenvolvimento orofaciais em uma população paraibana.

Abstract

The present study aimed to establish the prevalence of orofacial developmental anomalies in a population of patients attended at the School of Dentistry Clinic of the Federal University of Campina Grande. Patients ' records were evaluated from 2012 to 2018, with a total of 3705 records examined, where data were collected such as sex, age, skin color and abnormalities. As result, 403 (10.9%) were 0obtained patients with presence of some type of orofacial anomaly, being 166 (41.2%) males and 237 (58.8%) females, with a mean age of 35.17 years old . The most common anomalies found were: Fordyce granules(4,31%), Palatine torus(2,42%), cleft tongue(1,88%) and mandibular torus(1,72%) respectively. It was possible to observe that the prevalence of orofacial anomalies in the population studied in Paraibana was 10.9%. This prevalence is similar to other studies in the world, although it is believed that many information is underreported.