Prevalence of MLFA Types and MD in Egyptian Children With Erupted Canines (diastema)

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Destructive Attachment of Labial Frenum

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04244903

CEBD-CU-2019-12-05

Details and patient eligibility

About

Descriptive observational cross sectional study Outpatient at faculty of dentistry Cairo university pediatric dentistry department clinic with midline diastema and fully erupted canines will be examined and assess type of frenal attachment to see if correlation present or not

Enrollment: 275 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 13 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Systemically healthy children
• Egyptian children with fully erupted canines
• Patient presented for routine evaluation or treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Children who exhibited congenital anomalies or orofacial defects
• Children with previous trauma in frenal area which affect its morphology
• Children have previous surgical intervention in labial frenum or in the maxillary anterior region.
• Children have any syndromes or habits that affect the anterior maxillary region.