Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
*Corresponding e-mail: meena83osamah@gmail.com
Online published on 28 February, 2019.
Nutritional status of children might affect the jaws growth.
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the malnutrition and the malocclusion.
A total sample of 135 preschool children of 5 years was collected. The body mass index was calculated for each child. The primary terminal plane occlusal relationship was assessed in this study.
The flush terminal plane showed the highest percent among normal weight than overweight and obese children with a statistically non-significant difference (Pearson Chi-Square=4.562(a) p<0.335). While the mesial and distal terminal plane showed the highest percent among overweight children than normal weight and obese children.
There was no relationship between the malnutrition and the malocclusion.
Primary teeth occlusion, Nutritional status, Preschool children
