Bone disease and oromaxillofacial disorders: a cross- sectional study in a Tanzanian pediatric population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Certain bone diseases of congenital origin are associated with dental alterations and with oromaxillofacial (OMF) disorders. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the OMF alterations presented by patients affected by bone pathology with respect to a healthy population from the same geographical environment.

Material & methods

A cross-sectional study was carried out at Mount Meru Regional Referral Hospital and Kaloleni secondary school in Arusha, Tanzania. The patients with bone pathologies (n = 60) were consecutively recruited from the hospital, while the controls (n = 581) comprised a population of healthy students from the school, which was located in the same neighbourhood as the hospital. In the case group, the different bone pathologies were

SUBMITTER: Mashala EI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11834300 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature