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Malocclusion Pattern (Angle's) in Mauritian Orthodontic Patients
The aim of the study was to assess the pattern of malocclusion in different ethnic group of Mauritian population visiting the Orthodontic Department at Mauras College of Dentistry and Hospital, Republic of Mauritius. The study population comprised of 624 patients who visited the orthodontic departme...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3359686/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22655203 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/210306 |
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author | Durgesh, B. H. Prakash, Prashanth Ramakrishnaiah, Ravikumar Subashchandra Phulari, Basavaraj Al Kheraif, Abdul Aziz A. |
author_facet | Durgesh, B. H. Prakash, Prashanth Ramakrishnaiah, Ravikumar Subashchandra Phulari, Basavaraj Al Kheraif, Abdul Aziz A. |
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description | The aim of the study was to assess the pattern of malocclusion in different ethnic group of Mauritian population visiting the Orthodontic Department at Mauras College of Dentistry and Hospital, Republic of Mauritius. The study population comprised of 624 patients who visited the orthodontic department during 2010. The clinical examination was conducted by a well-calibrated orthodontist. The data were recorded in the case sheets and was analyzed for presence of angles class I, class II, and class III malocclusion in both male and female patients of Asian, African, Caucasian, and Chinese ethnicity aged 5–55 years. Malocclusion was found to be high in females compared to males. 414 patients (150 male + 264 female) presented with class I, 182 patients (52 male + 130 female) presented with class II, and 28 patients (12 male + 16 female) presented with class III. Asian ethnic group were more affected and patient seeking orthodontic treatment was high in 11–15 years age group. |
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spelling | pubmed-33596862012-05-31 Malocclusion Pattern (Angle's) in Mauritian Orthodontic Patients Durgesh, B. H. Prakash, Prashanth Ramakrishnaiah, Ravikumar Subashchandra Phulari, Basavaraj Al Kheraif, Abdul Aziz A. ISRN Dent Research Article The aim of the study was to assess the pattern of malocclusion in different ethnic group of Mauritian population visiting the Orthodontic Department at Mauras College of Dentistry and Hospital, Republic of Mauritius. The study population comprised of 624 patients who visited the orthodontic department during 2010. The clinical examination was conducted by a well-calibrated orthodontist. The data were recorded in the case sheets and was analyzed for presence of angles class I, class II, and class III malocclusion in both male and female patients of Asian, African, Caucasian, and Chinese ethnicity aged 5–55 years. Malocclusion was found to be high in females compared to males. 414 patients (150 male + 264 female) presented with class I, 182 patients (52 male + 130 female) presented with class II, and 28 patients (12 male + 16 female) presented with class III. Asian ethnic group were more affected and patient seeking orthodontic treatment was high in 11–15 years age group. International Scholarly Research Network 2012-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3359686/ /pubmed/22655203 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/210306 Text en Copyright © 2012 B. H. Durgesh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Durgesh, B. H. Prakash, Prashanth Ramakrishnaiah, Ravikumar Subashchandra Phulari, Basavaraj Al Kheraif, Abdul Aziz A. Malocclusion Pattern (Angle's) in Mauritian Orthodontic Patients |
title | Malocclusion Pattern (Angle's) in Mauritian Orthodontic Patients |
title_full | Malocclusion Pattern (Angle's) in Mauritian Orthodontic Patients |
title_fullStr | Malocclusion Pattern (Angle's) in Mauritian Orthodontic Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | Malocclusion Pattern (Angle's) in Mauritian Orthodontic Patients |
title_short | Malocclusion Pattern (Angle's) in Mauritian Orthodontic Patients |
title_sort | malocclusion pattern (angle's) in mauritian orthodontic patients |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3359686/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22655203 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/210306 |
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