There is so-called “Shibi-Gatchaki” spreading, one of endemic nutritional dystrophy, all over the North Tsugaru District of Aomori Prefecture. 1, 350 School children in this area were examined on oral cavity and the results were as follows.
1. Frequency of malocclusion was relatively high and particularly diastema was most remarkable (malocclusion 50.0 %, diastema 26.0 %).
2. Percentage of dental caries was remarkably high (91.3 %).
3. Frequency of dental deposit was comparatively high (68.1 %).
4. Ptyalism was found in 15.9 of children and many of them seemed to have a tendency to sympathicotonia.
5. Frequency of perleche was extremely high (75.8 %).
6. Changes of oral soft tissues were found in plenty as a whole and frequency of glossitis was the highest in them (glossitis 46.7 %, gingivitis 30.5 %, cheilitis 16.3 %, Stomatitis 3.2 %).
Generally speaking, influence of so-called “Shibi-Gatchaki” was not so remarkable on the hard tissues of oral cavity as on the soft.
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