Open AccessDental malocclusions in the anterior sextant, in a group of Mexican patients between 3 and 14 years old.
Author(s) -
José Francisco Murrieta-Pruneda,
Dulce Varela-Ramírez,
Araceli Rojano-Santillán,
María del Pilar Adriano-Anaya,
Tomás Caudillo-Joya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of oral research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 0719-2479
pISSN - 0719-2460
DOI - 10.17126/joralres.2020.070
Subject(s) - overjet , medicine , crossbite , dentistry , occlusion , malocclusion , dentition , orthodontics , overbite , surgery
Aim: To evaluate the association between the frequency of malocclusions in the anterior sextant with dentition type, age, and sex. Material and methods: A descriptive, transversal and prospective study was carried out, in a convenience sample of 200 patients between 3 and 14 years old, of both sexes who attended the pediatric dentistry clinic of Dentistry Faculty from Autonomous University of Tlaxcala, Mexico. A dentist was standardized by a direct method (k=0.998, p=0.0001). Results: Crossbite and edge to edge bite were the most frequent (18% and 17% respectively), in no case the alterations in the previous sextant were related to sex, except altered overjet with age and dentition type (likelihood ratio=18,169, p=0.0001) (X2=18.820, p=0.0001). Conclusion: These observations highlight the importance of the diagnosis of possible alterations in the occlusion of the anterior sextant in both dentitions, in order to preventatively avoid major sequelae.