A Retrospective Study of Tongue Tie And Its Familialtendency:
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 9
Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to assess whether the familial occurrence has an influence on tongue tie. Method: This study included 214 patients diagnosed with tongue tie over a period of 6 months from the age group of 6 months to 17 years at Department of Dental Surgery, Government Tiruvannamalai Medical College and Hospital, Tiruvannamalai. Results: Among 214 patients, 40 (18.69%) patients presented with a positive history of tongue tie in their families and 174 (62.61%) cases presented with negative history. 89 (41.58%) patients were born to a consanguineously married parents. In this study 109 (50.93%) patients had speech alteration. And 8(3.73%) patients had comorbidity. 65% were male patients and 35% were female patients. In this retrospective study, 94(43.9%) patients had class I tongue tie, 89(41.6%) patients had class II, 29(13.6%) patients had class III, 2 (0.9%)patients had class IV tongue ties.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. K. Subalakshmi, Dr. R. Arun, Dr. Anselm justhius fabi, Dr. S. Bhagya lakshmi
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