Maxillary midline diastema among a group of Egyptian adult populations (prevalence and etiology)

Rashid, Adel; Khalifa, Ayman R.

doi:10.4103/tdj.tdj_34_20

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“…As for midline diastema, it was noticed that midline diastema was found in 15.7% of participants which was in agreement with Ocaña Caluña and Macías Ceballos, 2021; Rashid and Khalifa, 2021. This finding can be justified by the gradual closure of midline diastema after the clinical eruption of the maxillary permanent canine (Liu, Hsu and Chen, 2013).…”

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“…On the contrary, Luqman et al, 2011; Rashid and Khalifa, 2021 reported highly attached frenum as the second most prevalent cause of midline diastema which might be justified by the lateral incisors and canines eruption that hinders spontaneous closure of diastema as a normal pathway of occlusion development, this make it difficult for the highly attached frenum to change its position and migrate nasally with age (Rashid and Khalifa, 2021).…”

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Prevalence of Maxillary Labial Frenal Attachments Types and Midline Diastema in Egyptian Children with Fully Erupted Maxillary Permanent Canines: A Cross Sectional Study

Saad

Abdelmoniem²,

Aly³

2023

Advanced Dental Journal

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Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of maxillary labial frenal attachment types and midline diastema in a group of Egyptian children with fully erupted maxillary permanent canines. Subjects and Methods: A total of 264 patients aged from 12 to 18 years were examined by the principal investigator to evaluate the type of frenal attachment using the direct visual method, the blanching test, and the pull test. Midline diastema simplified oral hygiene index, gingival index, and attachment loss were evaluated for all participants. Results: The mucosal frenal attachment type was the most prevalent frenal type (74.6%) followed by the gingival type (23.1%). Regarding the midline diastema, 15.7% of the participants presented with a midline diastema while assessment of oral hygiene and gingival condition revealed that 80.6% had satisfactory oral hygiene, 48.5% had mild gingivitis, and only 2.2% of patients had a clinical attachment loss. With a statistically significant difference, patients with mucosal and gingival frenal types showed no midline diastema in 90% and 71% of participants, consecutively. Conclusions: In terms of maxillary labial frenum attachment type, mucosal and gingival frenal types were the most predominant types among the study sample with a low incidence of midline diastema and attachment loss.

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