Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the Prevalence of MIH in a group of Egyptian children attending the Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Investigate morphological characteristics and any associated causes of MIH and Investigate the relationship of MIH to dental caries.
Material and methods:
This study was conducted in Outpatient clinic at Pediatric and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo UniversityThe entire patients who attended the outpatient clinic on the days of examination were included in the study sample. Examined patients were primarily screened based on the eligibility criteria determined before the study begins. Then fill questionnaire.
The clinical examination to assess the presence / absence of MIH and its severity based on EAPD criteria which will be followed by (Weerheijm & Mejàre 2003,2009) Questionnaire are carefully constructed after the thorough literature review to identify all possible etiological conditions associated with MIH and related to the child or parental history, specially the mother.
The questionnaire is filled out during a face-to-face interview with the accompanying parent.
Conclusion: Prevalence of MIH among in this study was 14.2%. with no gender predilection and The most common degree of severity of MIH in this studied population was mild degree.