Prevalência de maloclusão em indivíduos que solicitaram tratamento ortodôntico na rede pública de saúde
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2010
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Aim: 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.
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Epidemiologia, Prevalência, Maloclusão, Epidemiology, Malocclusion, Prevalence
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CASTRO, 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.