International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Health SciO p Forschene n HUB for Sc i e n t i f i c R e s e a r c h ISSN 2378-7090 | Open Access RESEARCH ARTICLE Volume 5 - Issue 5 Effect of Ethnicity in Exostosis Prevalence Celia Elena Mendiburu-Zavala1,*, Marisol Ucan-Pech2, Ricardo Peñaloza-Cuevas1, Pedro Lugo-Ancona1, Rubén Armando Cárdenas-Erosa1 and David Cortés-Carrillo1 1Faculty of Dentistry, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico 2Student of the Master’s Degree in Pediatric Dentistry of the Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico *Corresponding author: Celia Elena Mendiburu-Zavala, Full-time Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, Tel: 9992923184; E-mail:
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[email protected] Received: 06 Jun, 2019 | Accepted: 11 Jun, 2019 | Published: 17 Jun, 2019 Citation: Mendiburu-Zavala CE, Ucan-Pech M, Peñaloza-Cuevas R, Lugo-Ancona P, Cárdenas-Erosa R, et al. (2019) Effect of Ethnicity in Exostosis Prevalence. Int J Dent Oral Health 5(5): dx.doi.org/10.16966/2378-7090.299 Copyright: © 2019 Mendiburu-Zavala CE, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract Objective: To determine the effect of ethnicity in exostosis prevalence, from August 2016 to February 2017. Materials and Methods: Comparative, observational and descriptive approach. Sample size was 900 inhabitants who provided informed consent. Inclusion criteria: born and living in Ticopo, Yucatan, Mexico; age of 10 years or older; male or female; presence or absence of exostosis on maxilla and/or mandible.