Prevalence of Tongue Anomalies in Egyptian Children

NCT05779618 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 120805
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 250
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine the prevalence of tongue anomalies in a group of Egyptian children and to relate the presence of malocclusion in cases of macroglossia, tongue tie and microglossia.

Conditions

Tongue; Anomaly

Keywords

Tongue anomalies; ankyloglossia; Fissured tongue; Geographic tongue; macroglossia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• prevalence of tongue anomalies

  studying the prevalence of tongue anomalies among Egyptian children between 6 to 12 years old

  1 month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• macroglossia, microglossia and ankyloglossia effect on occlusion

  1 month

Interventions

no intervention OTHER

observational study, all data collected are binary

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

school children between six to twelve years old

You may qualify if:

• Participants' age between 6-12 years.
• Co-operative child
• Positive participants' acceptance for participation in the study.
• Participants having responsible care giver answered by approval on the previously sent informed consent which describes the aim \& importance of the study

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with history of significant medical conditions
• Participants undertaken anti-fungal drugs in the previous 12 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Aley Ibn Abi Taleb primary school

Cairo, Egypt

Location

Mansheyet Gebril primary school

Cairo, Egypt

Location

Related Publications (6)

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  PMID: 16264385 BACKGROUND

• Suter VG, Bornstein MM. Ankyloglossia: facts and myths in diagnosis and treatment. J Periodontol. 2009 Aug;80(8):1204-19. doi: 10.1902/jop.2009.090086.

  PMID: 19656020 BACKGROUND

• Belmehdi A, Harti KE, Wady WE. Ankyloglossia as an oral functional problem and its surgical management. Dent Med Probl. 2018 Apr-Jun;55(2):213-216. doi: 10.17219/dmp/85708.

  PMID: 30152627 BACKGROUND

• Avcu N, Kanli A. The prevalence of tongue lesions in 5150 Turkish dental outpatients. Oral Dis. 2003 Jul;9(4):188-95. doi: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2003.02933.x.

  PMID: 12974518 BACKGROUND

• Chang PS, Yen TH, Huang CJ, Yen AM, Chen SL, Tsai AI. Clinical Orodental Anomalies in Taiwanese Children under Age Six: a Study Based on the 1995-1997 National Dental Survey. Biomed Res Int. 2020 Jul 19;2020:2056340. doi: 10.1155/2020/2056340. eCollection 2020.

  PMID: 32766305 BACKGROUND

• Rezaei F, Safarzadeh M, Mozafari H, Tavakoli P. Prevalence of Geographic tongue and Related Predisposing Factors in 7-18 Year-Old Students in Kermanshah, Iran 2014. Glob J Health Sci. 2015 Feb 24;7(5):91-5. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v7n5p91.

  PMID: 26156909 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Congenital Abnormalities; Ankyloglossia; Tongue, Fissured; Glossitis, Benign Migratory; Macroglossia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Stomatognathic Diseases; Tongue Diseases; Mouth Diseases; Glossitis

Study Officials

• Randa Abd Al Gawad, Dental PhD

  Cairo University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Yasmin Yousry, Dental PhD

  Cairo University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principle investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 8, 2023
• First Posted: March 22, 2023
• Study Start: March 25, 2023
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2023
• Study Completion: August 10, 2023
• Last Updated: October 17, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: data will be available starting June 2023 for 1 year

Locations

EG (2)