Title
Malocclusions in children and adolescents from villages and native communities in the ucayali amazon region in peru
Date Issued
01 January 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Facultad de Odontología Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study to assess the prevalence of malocclusions in children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years of villages and native communities of the Ucayali jungle of Peru. We assessed the presence of malocclusions using Angle's classifcation and orthodontic changes. We evaluated 201 individuals, 106 (52.7%) were women, most of them (54.7%) had between 6 and 12 years. The prevalence of malocclusions was 85.6%, the most prevalent according to Angle's classifcation was class I (59.6%). Orthodontic alterations were present in 67.2% of cases. The most frequent were dental crowding (28.4%), anterior crossbite (17.4%), exaggerated overjet (8.5%), excessive overbite (5.0%) and anterior open bite (5.0%). We found a high prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic changes in the evaluated native communities, highlighting the need to implement preventive programs to improve the oral health of these negleted populations.
Start page
87
End page
91
Volume
28
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Políticas de salud, Servicios de salud
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79955940022
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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