PREVALENCE OF DENTAL MALOCLUSIONS IN SCHOOL CHILDREN OF 12 YEARS IN MONAY - CUENCA 2016

Abstract

AIM: The objetive of this study was to determine the prevalence of dental malocclusions in 12 years old children in school stage at the neighborhood of Monay in the city of Cuenca-Ecuador. MATERIALS AND METHODS: It was a descriptive epidemiological, observational and retrospective cross-sectional study. 252 school age patients were involved in an oral clinical evaluation, of which(49%) were female and 128 (51%) were male. sex This represented a fair sample according to gender, this study involved three public schools and 2 private schools of which 136 students belonged to state schools representing 54% and 116 students belonged to private schools representing 46%. The data was taken with the patient lookingstraightaheadandusingmirrorsforintraoralandextraoralprofilefortheexaminationinordertoreachapresumptive diagnosis examination. All data was recorded in an epidemiological tab. RESULTS: The prevalence of malocclusion of all schoolchildren was 85%, the percentage normooclusión was 15%; according to gender women had 83% of malocclusions compared with 86% of men. There was also no significant relevance of malocclusions according to academic management, presented 84% in public schools and 85% in private schools. CONCLUSION: This epidemiological study concluded that there is a significant prevalence of malocclusions.