OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of tooth size discrepancies (TSDs) in an Irish orthodontic population among different malocclusion groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS From 850 pretreatment sets of orthodontic models at a university clinic, 240 were selected with 30 female and 30 male sets for each malocclusion (Class I, Class II division 1, Class II division 2, and Class III). Digital models ...

Background: One of the most important human genetic characteristics is the relationship between the ABO blood group system and diseases and deformities. Aim: The aim was to fi nd out the relationship between blood groups and malocclusion by comparing blood groups of each individual with one’s malocclusion. Materials and Methods: A total of 300 subjects (age range 15-28 years) were recruited in ...

OBJECTIVE Malocclusion is a highly prevalent condition, affecting 20-60% of adolescents worldwide. Although its treatment is often expensive and unaffordable for disadvantaged individuals, few studies have examined the relationship between malocclusion and socioeconomic status. We investigated the prevalence of malocclusion among Mongolian adolescents and its association with maternal education...

The aim of this study was to evaluate morphological and functional malocclusion trait changes in 3- to 12-year-old children and to determine whether such functional traits at the 3, 4, and 5 years of age correlated with malocclusion severity score at 12 years of age. Two hundred and sixty-seven children (132 boys, 135 girls) were randomly selected for a follow-up study from a previous cohort of...

introdouction: the aim of this study was to compare information regarding pharyngeal airway sizes in adolescent subjects with different malocclusion classes obtained from lateral cephalograms and 3–dimensional (3d) cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) scans. materials and methods: in this prospective cross-sectional study, cbct scans and lateral cephalograms of 35 subjects, taken within one wee...

Millions of individuals worldwide are suffering from orodental problems in spite of most of them being preventable. Malocclusion is one of them. Malocclusion is not a disease but a morphological variation which may or may not be associated with pathological conditions. Malocclusion is one of the most prevalent oral pathologies, next only to dental caries and periodontal disease and usually rank...

BACKGROUND A malocclusion is an irregularity of the teeth or a malrelationship of the dental arches beyond the range of what is accepted as normal. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of malocclusion in children aged 10-12 years in Kozhikode district of Kerala, South India. MATERIALS AND METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among schoolchildren aged 10-12 years in si...

OBJECTIVE In recent years, the golden proportions have been evaluated by various researchers in the general population and orthodontic patients to establish their correlation with facial attractiveness and esthetics, but with conflicting results. The present study aimed to analyze the frontal facial golden proportions for three groups of young adult females, an attractive group, and two maloccl...

OBJECTIVE To explore the validity and reliability of the child perception questionnaire as an oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) measure in adolescents with malocclusion. DESIGN A cross-sectional study comparing two groups of individuals. SETTING One group of children with malocclusion was recruited from the orthodontic departments at the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital (CCDH), S...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the position and movements of the tongue in patients with skeletal Class III malocclusion. METHODS Sixty-six patients (31 male, 35 female) with Class III malocclusion were divided into 3 groups according to cephalometric analysis. The first group comprised 23 patients (13 male, 10 female) with mandibular prognathism, the second group comprise...