2018-12-062018-12-062010CASTRO, Iury Oliveira; VALLADARES-NETO, José; ESTRELA, Carlos. Prevalência de maloclusão em indivíduos que solicitaram tratamento ortodôntico na rede pública de saúde. Robrac: revista odontologica do Brasil Central, Goiânia, v. 19, n. 51, p. 323-326, 2010.0104-7914http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/16528Aim: Define the prevalence of malocclusion in the population of students aged 6 to 16 years of public education and thereby help with the project public orthodontic service . Material and method: It was examined 1076 patients (581 males and 495 females) from six to 16 years old in 25 public schools. Re- sults: 0,83% patients were in the primary dentition, 63,01% patients were in mixed dentition and 36,15% patients were in the permanent dentition. It was found 54.37% of Class I malocclusion, 31.04% of Class II malocclusion and 14.59% of Class III malocclusion. 24.44% patients were with an- terior open bite, 19.70% patients were with deep bite and 30.86% patients were in crossbite. Conclusion: According to data collected in the sample had mostly in the late mi- xed dentition (second transition period), with Class I An- gle, anterior crowding and lack of cross-bite.porAcesso AbertoEpidemiologiaPrevalênciaMaloclusãoEpidemiologyMalocclusionPrevalenceArtigo