Prevalence of Malocclusion in Jaipur, India

A study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of malocclusion in Jaipur city, India. A total of 700 subjects, in the age group of 16-26 years were divided into five groups of normal occlusion, Angle’s Class I, Class II Div 1, Class II Div 2 and Class III malocclusion. The results revealed that...

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Autores principales: Trehan, Mridula, Chugh, Vinay K, Sharma, Sunil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2009
Materias:
Survey
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4086553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25206094
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1036
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Sumario:A study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of malocclusion in Jaipur city, India. A total of 700 subjects, in the age group of 16-26 years were divided into five groups of normal occlusion, Angle’s Class I, Class II Div 1, Class II Div 2 and Class III malocclusion. The results revealed that the prevalence of malocclusion was 66.3%, with the majority of them having Class I malocclusion (57.9%), while the prevalence of Class III malocclusion was found to be the least (1.4%). There was no statistically significant gender difference among the subjects studied.

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