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The Prevalence and Significance of Fissured Tongue in Kabul City Among Dental Patients
BACKGROUND: The tongue is known as the mirror of oral and general health. Some diseases may show signs in the tongue. Fissured is approximately an asymptomatic condition characterized by grooves and fissures of varying depth on the dorsal surface of the tongue. Epidemiologically, its prevalence is v...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9969861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36860622 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCIDE.S391498 |
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author | Ehsan, Hedayatullah Azimi, Shamila Yosufi, Abubakr Yousufi, Roqia |
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description | BACKGROUND: The tongue is known as the mirror of oral and general health. Some diseases may show signs in the tongue. Fissured is approximately an asymptomatic condition characterized by grooves and fissures of varying depth on the dorsal surface of the tongue. Epidemiologically, its prevalence is varied based on different factors, but most of them report 10–20%. METHODS: In the department of oral medicine at Ali-Abad University Hospital of Kabul University of Medical Sciences, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 patients. This fissured tongue is first diagnosed based on clinical appearance (fissures) on each side of tongue. Meanwhile, the whole medical and dental histories were taken for the rest of the leading factors. RESULTS: Out of 400 patients (124 males and 276 females) seen and checked, which 142 cases were fissured tongue [45 (31.7%) males and 97 (68.3%) females]. The fissures were found to be least in the >10 – 19-year age group, 23 (16.3%) and it was most prevalent in the 20 −39 age group, 73 (51.8%), followed by 40 −59, 35 (24.8%) and 60< age group, 10 (7.1%). The most prevalent type of pattern of fissures was found to be superficial, multiple and not connected fissures, 46.32% (33.3% males, 32.3% females), followed by superficial, multiple and connected fissures, 25.5% (26.7% males, 25% females), and whereas 6.4% of patients with (single and deep type of fissure) was the lowest prevalent type of fissured tongue. In our study, more than half of patients asymptomatic (51.6% females and 71.1% males), 17.9% complained from tongue dryness, 14.3% soreness, 6.4% halitosis, 1.4% tongue swelling and 2.1% had all the signs. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of fissured tongue was 35.5%. A significant difference between genders was reported with female predominance in all cases observed. The most prevalent age groups were 20–29 and 30–39 in both gender groups. Superficial, multiple, and not connected fissures 46.32% were the most common type of fissure. |
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spelling | pubmed-99698612023-02-28 The Prevalence and Significance of Fissured Tongue in Kabul City Among Dental Patients Ehsan, Hedayatullah Azimi, Shamila Yosufi, Abubakr Yousufi, Roqia Clin Cosmet Investig Dent Original Research BACKGROUND: The tongue is known as the mirror of oral and general health. Some diseases may show signs in the tongue. Fissured is approximately an asymptomatic condition characterized by grooves and fissures of varying depth on the dorsal surface of the tongue. Epidemiologically, its prevalence is varied based on different factors, but most of them report 10–20%. METHODS: In the department of oral medicine at Ali-Abad University Hospital of Kabul University of Medical Sciences, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 patients. This fissured tongue is first diagnosed based on clinical appearance (fissures) on each side of tongue. Meanwhile, the whole medical and dental histories were taken for the rest of the leading factors. RESULTS: Out of 400 patients (124 males and 276 females) seen and checked, which 142 cases were fissured tongue [45 (31.7%) males and 97 (68.3%) females]. The fissures were found to be least in the >10 – 19-year age group, 23 (16.3%) and it was most prevalent in the 20 −39 age group, 73 (51.8%), followed by 40 −59, 35 (24.8%) and 60< age group, 10 (7.1%). The most prevalent type of pattern of fissures was found to be superficial, multiple and not connected fissures, 46.32% (33.3% males, 32.3% females), followed by superficial, multiple and connected fissures, 25.5% (26.7% males, 25% females), and whereas 6.4% of patients with (single and deep type of fissure) was the lowest prevalent type of fissured tongue. In our study, more than half of patients asymptomatic (51.6% females and 71.1% males), 17.9% complained from tongue dryness, 14.3% soreness, 6.4% halitosis, 1.4% tongue swelling and 2.1% had all the signs. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of fissured tongue was 35.5%. A significant difference between genders was reported with female predominance in all cases observed. The most prevalent age groups were 20–29 and 30–39 in both gender groups. Superficial, multiple, and not connected fissures 46.32% were the most common type of fissure. Dove 2023-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9969861/ /pubmed/36860622 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCIDE.S391498 Text en © 2023 Ehsan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Ehsan, Hedayatullah Azimi, Shamila Yosufi, Abubakr Yousufi, Roqia The Prevalence and Significance of Fissured Tongue in Kabul City Among Dental Patients |
title | The Prevalence and Significance of Fissured Tongue in Kabul City Among Dental Patients |
title_full | The Prevalence and Significance of Fissured Tongue in Kabul City Among Dental Patients |
title_fullStr | The Prevalence and Significance of Fissured Tongue in Kabul City Among Dental Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | The Prevalence and Significance of Fissured Tongue in Kabul City Among Dental Patients |
title_short | The Prevalence and Significance of Fissured Tongue in Kabul City Among Dental Patients |
title_sort | prevalence and significance of fissured tongue in kabul city among dental patients |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9969861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36860622 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCIDE.S391498 |
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