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Malocclusion in Lagos, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Isiekwe Mike C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01355.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malocclusion , dentistry , orthodontics , crowding , occlusion , population , environmental health , surgery , neuroscience , biology
617 schoolchildren 10–19 years of age were examined in order to assess the prevalence of malocclusion in a population sample in Lagos. Class I occlusion accounted for 76.8%, followed closely by Class II malocclusion, 14.7 %, and Class III malocclusion, 8.4%. Crowding was recorded in 15.1 % of the cases, most of which occurred anteriorly. The present study shows some interesting differences in the prevalences of malocclusions compared to studies on Caucasian subjects.