Abstract
Background: The presence of developmental anomalies on the tongue is relatively common reason that patients visit dental clinics. Diagnosis of a wide variety of developmental anomalies is an essential part of a daily dental practice. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the type and prevalence of developmental anomalies of tongue in patients in South Indian population. Study Design: A total of 800 patients were screened for developmental tongue lesions. The developmental tongue lesions were found in 32 of 800 patients examined. The prevalence pattern was examined. Result: The most prevalent tongue lesion was found to be fissured tongue 14(44%). The least prevalent was found to be macroglossia 1(%). The tongue lesions such as microglossia, hairy tongue and lingual nodule were not present.The developmental tongue lesions were found to be more in males (75%) than females (25%) in the survey.
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