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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 62-65 |
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Prevalence of malocclusion characteristics and chief motivational factor for treatment in orthodontic patients from Maharashtra, India
Aniket H Vibhute1, Nupura A Vibhute2, Rajendra Daule3
1 Department of Orthodontia, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, School of Dental Sciences, KIMSDU, Karad, Maharashtra, India
3 Department of Conservative Dentistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Nupura A Vibhute
C/O Dr. H.G. Vibhute, Opposite Hotel Greenfield, Uttekaranagar, Sadar Bazar, Satara, Maharashtra - 415 001
India
 Source of Support: Study to gauge treatment needs of Orthodontic Patients from Maharashtra, India, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/2321-3825.116285
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Objective: To determine the incidence of malocclusion characteristics and chief motivational factor for treatment in orthodontic patients from Maharashtra, India. Materials and Methods: The present study was based on the examination of dental casts of pretreatment records of 560 orthodontic patients (319 females and 241 males). The relationship of the first upper and lower molars according to the Angle's classification was examined. Crowding, spacing, crossbite, overjet, overbite were recorded. The chief complaint of the patients was recorded from their history proformas. Results: The study demonstrated that Class I malocclusion was found in 275, Class II Division 1 in 195, Class II Division 2 in 58 and Class III malocclusion in 32 subjects. Crossbite was observed in 62 (11.07%), an increased overjet in 346 (61.7%) and spacing was detected in 82 (14.6%) patients. Esthetics was found to be the ruling chief complaint of patients seeking orthodontic treatment. |
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