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Prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with caries among school children aged 11 - 15 years in southern India

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with dental caries among school children in southern India. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1,800 students aged 11 - 15 years whose Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) and dentition status were recorded and analyzed. The...

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Autores principales: Baskaradoss, Jagan Kumar, Geevarghese, Amrita, Roger, Clement, Thaliath, Anil
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Publicado: Korean Association of Orthodontists 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23503064
http://dx.doi.org/10.4041/kjod.2013.43.1.35
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author Baskaradoss, Jagan Kumar
Geevarghese, Amrita
Roger, Clement
Thaliath, Anil
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Geevarghese, Amrita
Roger, Clement
Thaliath, Anil
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description OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with dental caries among school children in southern India. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1,800 students aged 11 - 15 years whose Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) and dentition status were recorded and analyzed. The chi-square test, ANOVA, and Spearman's correlation tests were carried out. RESULTS: The mean DAI score ± the standard deviation was 18.61 ± 6.1. Approximately 85% of the students (83.0% males, 86.8% females) had DAI scores of < 26 and were classified as not requiring orthodontic treatment. One tenth of the sample had mean DAI scores between 26 - 30 (indicating definite malocclusion and elective treatment), while about 3% had mean scores between 31 - 35 (indicating severe malocclusion and treatment desirability). Only 29 children (1.6%; 16 boys, 13 girls) had a DAI score of > 35, which suggested very severe or handicapping malocclusion requiring mandatory treatment. The mean decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) was 2.28 ± 1.47. A DMFT of > 0 was observed in 91.8% of the study subjects. Children with a DAI score of > 35 were found to have significantly (p < 0.001) higher caries experience as compared to other children. Moreover, the DAI scores showed a significant correlation with the mean DMFT scores (r = 0.368, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: A positive correlation was found between the severity of malocclusion and dental caries.
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spelling pubmed-35948792013-03-15 Prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with caries among school children aged 11 - 15 years in southern India Baskaradoss, Jagan Kumar Geevarghese, Amrita Roger, Clement Thaliath, Anil Korean J Orthod Original Article OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with dental caries among school children in southern India. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1,800 students aged 11 - 15 years whose Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) and dentition status were recorded and analyzed. The chi-square test, ANOVA, and Spearman's correlation tests were carried out. RESULTS: The mean DAI score ± the standard deviation was 18.61 ± 6.1. Approximately 85% of the students (83.0% males, 86.8% females) had DAI scores of < 26 and were classified as not requiring orthodontic treatment. One tenth of the sample had mean DAI scores between 26 - 30 (indicating definite malocclusion and elective treatment), while about 3% had mean scores between 31 - 35 (indicating severe malocclusion and treatment desirability). Only 29 children (1.6%; 16 boys, 13 girls) had a DAI score of > 35, which suggested very severe or handicapping malocclusion requiring mandatory treatment. The mean decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) was 2.28 ± 1.47. A DMFT of > 0 was observed in 91.8% of the study subjects. Children with a DAI score of > 35 were found to have significantly (p < 0.001) higher caries experience as compared to other children. Moreover, the DAI scores showed a significant correlation with the mean DMFT scores (r = 0.368, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: A positive correlation was found between the severity of malocclusion and dental caries. Korean Association of Orthodontists 2013-02 2013-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3594879/ /pubmed/23503064 http://dx.doi.org/10.4041/kjod.2013.43.1.35 Text en © 2013 The Korean Association of Orthodontists. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Roger, Clement
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Prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with caries among school children aged 11 - 15 years in southern India
title Prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with caries among school children aged 11 - 15 years in southern India
title_full Prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with caries among school children aged 11 - 15 years in southern India
title_fullStr Prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with caries among school children aged 11 - 15 years in southern India
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with caries among school children aged 11 - 15 years in southern India
title_short Prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with caries among school children aged 11 - 15 years in southern India
title_sort prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with caries among school children aged 11 - 15 years in southern india
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23503064
http://dx.doi.org/10.4041/kjod.2013.43.1.35
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