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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2018; 08(02): 019-024
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1708749
Original Article

A Survey to Assess the Number, Shape and Attachment of the Freni in the Maxillary and Mandibular Arches in South Indian Population

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1   Post Graduate student, Department of Prosthodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE (Deemed to be University), Mangalore
,
Vinaya Bhat
2   Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE (Deemed to be University), Mangalore
,
Chethan Hegde
3   Professor and HOD, Department of Prosthodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE (Deemed to be University), Mangalore
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Abstract

Frenum is one of the most variable anatomical structures present in the oral cavity which can be defined as a “fibrous band of tissue attached to the bone of the mandible and maxillae, and is 1. present superficial to muscle attachments.”1. In the present study, hundred individuals aged 18 to 40 years were selected randomly. The patients were examined (i) To assess the number, shape and attachment of the freni in the maxillary arch and (ii) To assess the number, shape and attachment of the freni in the mandibular arch in south Indian population. It was concluded that single labial frenum was more common in both the arches, buccal frenum in maxilla were multiple. Whereas, in mandible buccal frenum had single frenal attachment. V-shaped frenal attachment was more in the maxillary and mandibular arches exception being the lingual frenum which showed prevalence pertaining to fan shape.

Keywords

labial frenum - buccal frnum - lingual frenum


Publication History

Received: 30 January 2017

Accepted: 14 April 2018

Article published online:
20 April 2020

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