Malocclusion Frequency in Odontopediatric Clinics of the Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, and the Universidad Autónoma de san Luis Potosí, Mexico

Gabriel Espinal Botero

Universidad de Antioquia

Ana Muñoz B.

Universidad San Luis de Potosí

Lizet Flores M.

Universidad San Luis de Potosí

Margarita Ponce P.

Universidad San Luis de Potosí

Jaime Nava C.

Universidad San Luis de Potosí

Jaime González Q.

Universidad San Luis de Potosí

Introduction: malocclusions are a series of disorders in which the anatomic phy-siologic controls of the stomatognathic system are in disharmony with the dental segments. Epidemiological studies show that malocclusion have high prevalence rates of over 60% in the studied populations. The malocclusion research in populations of 4 to 5 years old report prevalence of 70 to 80%, which evolve to 96,4% in teenagers. Dacosta and Onyeaso report that the prevalence of dental malocclusions worldwide ranges from 65 to 89%.

Objective: compare the type of malocclusion that is most frequently presented in odontopediatric clinics of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi and the University of Antioquia.

Methodology: an observational study was conducted of transversal and comparative type with a convenience sample; a higher frequency of class i type 1 was seen in group 1, with a percen-tage of 52,7%, while in group 2, the predominant malocclusions where class ii div. 1, with a percentage of 23,6% and class iii with 22,5%.

Conclusion: the results in each population were different. The diagnosis of occlusal alterations is recommended to be performed in a timely manner to allow the implementation of assistance programs that include therapy and functional orthopedics of the jawbone for an early rehabilitation of the stomatognathic system.

Keywords: posterior crowding, dental eruption, impact, prevalence, second inferior molar

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2016-01-15
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Malocclusion Frequency in Odontopediatric Clinics of the Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, and the Universidad Autónoma de san Luis Potosí, Mexico. (2016). Revista Nacional De Odontología, 12(22), 59-66. https://doi.org/10.16925/od.v12i22.1206
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