Dental malocclusions in the anterior sextant, in a group of Mexican patients between 3 and 14 years old.

Authors

  • José Murrieta-Pruneda Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
  • Dulce Varela-Ramírez Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
  • Araceli Rojano-Santillán Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, México.
  • María Adriano-Anaya Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
  • Tomás Caudillo-Joya Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17126/%25x

Abstract

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.

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2020-08-31

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Murrieta-Pruneda J, Varela-Ramírez D, Rojano-Santillán A, Adriano-Anaya M, Caudillo-Joya T. Dental malocclusions in the anterior sextant, in a group of Mexican patients between 3 and 14 years old. J Oral Res [Internet]. 2020Aug.31 [cited 2024Jul.22];9(4):293-9. Available from: https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/journal_of_oral_research/article/view/3299

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Vol. 9 No. 4: July-August; 20200

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