Materials and Methods: The sample consists of 100 patients, 45 males and 55 females, aged 13–22 years. A translated pre-tested questionnaire [psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics questionnaire PIDAQ] was used to assess the subjects’ social and psychological impact by their occlusal irregularities. The actual severity of malocclusion was determined, using the dental aesthetic index (DAI) on ...

Background: Malocclusion is one of dental health problem that may affect the oral in adolescences. The education delivered expected to be able change behaviour individuals or communities from unhealthy healthy behaviour. Purpose: To increase knowledge health, especially level malocclusion by means empowerment at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Miftahul Ulum Melirang Junior High School, Gresik. Methods: A t...

The study was carried out in 25 mentally retarded children and compared with equal number of normal children. They were subjected to detailed psychiatric evaluation and dental examination. The dental anomalies were corroborated with cephalometric analysis of lateral cephalograms. It was concluded that all mentally retarded children had some dental abnormality in them in form of dental malocclus...


 The current study was designed to explore the frequency of dental caries and malocclusion in children 3-11year also evaluate relationship between malocclusion. This observational conducted by collecting data 70 with maloccluded teeth who visited teaching hospital from January, 2021 April, 2021.The results chi-square revealed a significant occurrence Children diagnosed which have were 63%...

BACKGROUND Many studies have been conducted in India to know the prevalence of malocclusion and the orthodontic treatment needs using dental aesthetic index (DAI), but no study so far has been conducted in Shimla city, Himachal Pradesh. OBJECTIVE To know the prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment needs among 16- and 17 year-old school-going children in Shimla city, Himachal Prad...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to assess the negative impact of dental caries on the OHRQoL of 8- to 10-year-old Brazilian children. METHODS This population-based case-control study involved 546 children (8-10 years old), 182 cases with a high negative impact on OHRQoL and 364 controls with a low negative impact on OHRQoL. Children's OHRQOL was measured using the Child Perceptions Qu...

INTRODUCTION Traditionally, patients with physical and/or intellectual disabilities presented greater oral pathology, owing to their condition and to other external factors. Improved social and health conditions make it necessary to update knowledge on their oral and dental health. MATERIAL AND METHODS For this purpose, a bibliographic review was done regarding the state of oral health of chi...

The relations between the mode of breathing and the development of the malocclusions were the subject of many studies causing polemic sometimes (2, 3, 7, 9, 20). In fact the impact of the mode of breathing on occlusion is not clarified yet. The goal of this study is to quantify the dental characteristics, which constitute the malocclusion according to the mode of breathing. 100 African melanode...