J Dent Oral Biol | Volume 5, Issue 3 | Research Article | Open Access
Nour Salar Ahmed*
Department of Dentistry, Private Practice Dentist - Luxor City, Egypt
*Correspondance to: Nour Salar Ahmed
Fulltext PDFBackground: Malocclusion is identified as one of the most common dental troubles affecting young adults and formative years globally. Oral capabilities and facial aesthetics are influenced through the severity of malocclusion and it’s of excellent problem to the individual, their households and health authorities as well. Most of the reported studies for the Egypt are from the eastern, southern and central regions. To the exceptional of our knowledge, no records are available for the northern vicinity of Luxor; consequently the goal of this look at turned into to determine the superiority of malocclusion many of the population of Luxor city. Methodology: Descriptive take a look at having a cross-sectional look at, a convenient pattern length of 504 Egypt populations among the age group of 13 to 50 years. Informed consent became taken from the participants before carrying out the examination, parents consent turned into searched for children. Malocclusion changed into recorded as defined through WHO, oral health Survey, and simple methods. Each issue was examined for the kind of malocclusion in keeping with Angle’s classification. Results: Most major malocclusions became Angles Class I 41.7% in women and 26.2% in males. The 15.4% adult males and 23.3% adult males had excessive overjet (<2 mm) as compared to 38% adult males and (24.3%) girls who had reduced overjet (<2 mm) while 32.3% men and 20.5% males had reduced overbite.
Dental health; Malocclusion; Prevalence; North; Luxor; Egypt
Ahmed NS. Prevalence of Malocclusion Most of the Population in Luxor City of Egypt. J Dent Oral Biol. 2020; 5(3): 1168. ISSN: 2475-5680.