Summary:
The aim of this study was to determine the pattern of
individual traits of malocclusion, including sagittal molar
relationship, overbite, overjet, crowding, spacing, cross bite,
missing tooth, impacted tooth and extra tooth of upper and
lower jaws in patients attended in Orthodontic Department
of a Tertiary Level Hospital.
This cross-sectional study included orthodontic patients who
visited the department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial
Orthopedics in Sapporo Dental College and Hospital from
January 2013 to February 2018.
Among the study population comprised of 371 patients the
females were 57.1% and the males were 42.1%.Among
them, 6.7% belonged to 6 to 11 years, 20.5% belonged to 12
to 17 years and the remaining 72.8% were of 18-35 years
of age . Angles Class I malocclusion was seen to be the
most prevalent (64.2%). In incisor classification, Class I
malocclusion was seen to be the most prevalent (38.3%).
Increase in overjet, deep overbite, crossbite, crowding and
spacing were found in 35.34%, 40.3%, 24.3%, 58.2% and
38.5% of the patients respectively.
Key Words: Crowding, Malocclusion, Orthodontics
(J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2019; 37: 119-123)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcps.v37i3.41733