The Prevalence and Significance of Fissured Tongue in Kabul City Among Dental Patients

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Table 1 Frequencies of Normal and Fissured Tongue Among Study’s Population

Patients with Normal Tongue	Frequency	Percentage
Male	79	30.6%
Female	179	69.4%
Total Normal Tongue	258	100%
Age group
Under 10 years’	11	4.3%
11–19 years	85	32.9%
20–29 years	85	32.9%
30–39 years	29	11.2%
40–49 years	32	12.4%
50–59 years	11	4.3%
60 and above	5	1.9%
Patients with Fissured Tongue
Male	45	31.7%
Female	97	68.3%
Total Patients with Fissured Tongue	142	100%
Age group
Under 10 years	2	1.4%
11–19 years	21	14.9%
20–29 years	42	29.8%
30–39 years	31	22%
40–49 years	21	14.9%
50–59 years	14	9.9%
60 and above	10	7.1%

Table 2 Frequencies and Percentage of Different Types of Fissured Tongue

Fissured Tongue Types	Male		Female		Total
	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Single and Superficial Fissure	8	17.8%	20	20.8%	28	19.9%
Single and deep Fissure	3	6.7%	6	6.2%	9	6.4%
Multiple, Superficial and Connected fissures	12	26.7%	24	25%	36	25.5%
Multiple, superficial with non-Connected Fissures	15	33.3%	31	32.3%	46	32.6%
Multiple, Deep with Connected Fissures	2	4.4%	8	8.3%	10	7.1%
Multiple, Deep with non-Connected Fissures	5	11.1%	7	7.3%	12	8.5%

Figure 1 Superficial, multiple and non-connected fissures.

Figure 2 Superficial, multiple and connected fissures with geographic appearance.

Figure 3 Deep fissures.

Figure 4 Single and superficial fissure.

Table 3 Frequency and Percentage of Fissured Tongue Conditions

Fissured tongue condition	Frequency	Percent
Permanent	68	48.9%
Temporary	15	10.8%
Do not know	56	40.3%

Figure 5 Coated tongue with non-connected fissures.

Figure 6 Geographic tongue.

Table 4 Frequencies of fissures on different surfaces of tongue

Tongue Part	Males	Percent	Females	Percent	Total	Percent
Dorsal surface of the tongue	34	75%	73	76%	107	75.9%
Lateral surface of the tongue	4	8.9%	4	4.2%	8	5.7%
Dorsal and lateral surface	7	15.6%	19	19.8%	26	18.4%
Habits	Cigarette 7.1%	Beverages 12.9%	Acidic foods 28.6%		No habits 50.7%