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Prevalence of maxillary midline diastema and its societal perception in patients at Remera health center, Rwanda
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Authors |
Dona Soman1, Ramnath Elangovan2,*, Dinesh C. Maganti2, Kamikazi Rachel3, Muhoza Cedric3 & Igirubuntu John Peter3
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Affiliation |
1Department of Prosthetic and Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Rwanda; 2Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda; 3Department of Dental Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda; *Correspondnig author
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Dona Soman - E-mail: donasoman@gmail.com
Ramnath Elangovan - E-mail: ramubds2@gmail.com
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Article Type |
Research Article
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Date |
Received June 30, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025
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Abstract |
The prevalence of maxillary midline diastema and its societal perception among patients attending Remera health center, Rwanda is of interest. This descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study was done among patients attending Remera health center. The data collected on the prevalence of midline diastema and its societal perception was measured through SPSS software version 20 by applying descriptive analysis. To analyze the relationship between the variables, inferential statistics were adopted to analyze the relationship between variables. The study investigated the prevalence and perception of maxillary midline diastema, where 27.3% have maxillary midline diastema and 77.3% of all the patients attending Remera health center perceived maxillary midline diastema as a sign of beauty. |
Keywords |
Maxillary midline diastema, perception, society
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Citation |
Soman et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1567-1573 (2025)
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Edited by |
Hiroj Bagde MDS, (PhD), PGDCR, PGDHHM, PGDL, PGDM
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ISSN |
0973-2063
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License |
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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