Commissural lip pits in Israeli Jews of different ethnic origin
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 13 (3) , 195-196
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1985.tb00444.x
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%)Keywords
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