1Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Darshan Dental College and Hospital, Loyara, Udaipur, India
2Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopeadics, Colleges of Dentistry-female section, Al zulfi, Majmaah university, Saudi Arabia
3Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Darshan Dental College and Hospital, Loyara, Udaipur, India
4Associate Professor, Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Colleges of Dentistry-female section, Al zulfi, Majmaah university, Saudi Arabia
5Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Darshan Dental College and Hospital, Loyara, Udaipur, India
6Post-graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Darshan Dental College and Hospital, Loyara, Udaipur, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Tarulatha R Shyagali Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopeadics, College of Dentistry-Female Section, Majmaah University, Al Zulfi, Saudi Arabia Mobile: +917742129768 Email: drtarulatha@gmail.com
Online published on 21 February, 2019.
the study aimed to check the prevalence of Angles classification of malocclusion in the school children of age 7–16 years in the Mewar region, India.
Cross sectional multistage sampling was performed on a sample of 1029 school children aged 7 to 16 years (661 males and 368 females). The children were examined for the different variants of the angles classifications of malocclusion. The variants included were angles class I, class II division 1, class II division 2, class III, class II and class III subdivisions. The collected data was subjected to chi-square test to obtain the age-wise and gender-wise difference for the prevalence of different malocclusion groups.
Angles class I malocclusion was most prevalent with 62.8%. Second most prevalent malocclusion was the class II and its variants with 34% prevalence rate and class III malocclusion was least prevalent with 1.4%. Statistically significant difference was noted for the prevalence of class I (0.03) and class II division 1 malocclusion (0.01) in different age groups with 15-year-old children showing the greater prevalence of these malocclusions.
The high prevalence of malocclusion in the current population warrants the need for dental education camps to impart the knowledge related to the deleterious effects of the malocclusion and the patients should be motivated to opt for the treatment.
Angles classification, malocclusion, occlusal traits, prevalence, school children
