Abdulateef, D., Ali, A., Othman, N. (2018). The prevalence and etiology of maxillary midline diastema among orthodontic patients attending Shorsh Dental Clinic in Sulaimani City. , 1(2), 86-90. doi: 10.17656/sdj.10026
Darwn Saeed Abdulateef; Azheen Jamil Ali; Nasih Fatih Othman. "The prevalence and etiology of maxillary midline diastema among orthodontic patients attending Shorsh Dental Clinic in Sulaimani City". , 1, 2, 2018, 86-90. doi: 10.17656/sdj.10026
Abdulateef, D., Ali, A., Othman, N. (2018). 'The prevalence and etiology of maxillary midline diastema among orthodontic patients attending Shorsh Dental Clinic in Sulaimani City', , 1(2), pp. 86-90. doi: 10.17656/sdj.10026
Abdulateef, D., Ali, A., Othman, N. The prevalence and etiology of maxillary midline diastema among orthodontic patients attending Shorsh Dental Clinic in Sulaimani City. , 2018; 1(2): 86-90. doi: 10.17656/sdj.10026

The prevalence and etiology of maxillary midline diastema among orthodontic patients attending Shorsh Dental Clinic in Sulaimani City

Sulaimani Dental Journal
Article 8, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 86-90    PDF (559.63 K)
DOI: 10.17656/sdj.10026
Authors
Darwn Saeed Abdulateef1; Azheen Jamil Ali1; Nasih Fatih Othman2
1College of Dentistry, University of Sulaimani
2Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Abstract
Objectives: The purposes of this study were to determine the prevalence of MMD among Shorish dental clinic`s patients seeking orthodontic treatment and to find the factors associated with this anomaly.

Materials and Methods: During 6 months, 507 patients with age (13 – 40) years old attending Shorish Dental Clinic, seeking orthodontic treatment were screened to find the prevalence and etiology of MMD.

Result: The MMD was present in 110 patients (21.7%). The frequency of MMD was the same in males and females. It is highest in the young age group and lowest in the older age group (29% vs. 4%).

Conclusion: The most frequent factor among the observed etiological factors was oral unhealthy habit which was found in 40% of MMD patients and 8.7% of all cases.


Keywords
Maxillary midline diastema; frequency; Etiology
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