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Commissural lip pits in Israeli Jews of different ethnic origin

  • Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

Abstract The prevalence of Commissural lip pits in a group of 2462 Israeli Jews was determined, and a relation of Commissural lip pits to ethnic background was noted. Results showed the presence of commissural lip pits in 17.4% of the entire commissural lip pits; lip pits sample; 9.7% were unilateral and 7.7% were bilaterally located. The Ashkenazi group showed a significant higher prevalence of commissural lip pits (19.4%) when compared to the prevalence in the Sephardic group (14.1%) and the Eastern group(21.1%)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)195-196
Number of pages2
JournalCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1985

Keywords

  • commissural lip pits
  • ethnic commissural lip pits
  • lip pits

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