Open AccessAnalyzing the role of malnourishment in malocclusion: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Kumar Anand,
Kumari Menka,
Saritha Maloth,
Subhash Chandra Nayak,
Tina Chowdhary,
Manish Bhargava
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_602_20
Subject(s) - malocclusion , crowding , medicine , occlusion , dentistry , orthodontics , dentition , etiology , malnutrition , psychology , neuroscience
Malocclusion is defined as an occlusion in which there is malrelationship between the arches in any of the three planes or anomalies in tooth position beyond normal limits, the etiology being multifactorial. Malnutrition may also be allied to malocclusion, predominantly crowding, due to insufficient space for the teeth to erupt in the correct place.