Correlation between Severity of Malocclusion and Sex, Age, School of 6-12 year-old Children in Araraquara

Ticiana Sidorenko de Oliveira CAPOTE, Angela Cristina Cilense ZUANON, Cyneu Aguiar PANSANI

The present study was done to investigate the correlation between sex, age, school and severity of malocclusion in 930 children, 6-12 year old, being 48,06% males and 51,94% females, students of public and private schools from Araraquara / SP. It was used the Treatment Priority Index to establish the malocclusion severity. According with the obtained data, 85,92% of the children presented some type of occlusal abnormality. The results showed no statistical evidence that the sex, age and school have some significant effect in the severity of malocclusion.

Keywords: Malocclusion. Age Groups. Preventive Orthodontics.

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