A Study Assessing the Prevalence of Crossbite in Patients Reporting for Orthodontic Therapy in a Private Dental Institution

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Tasleem Abitha S., Dr. Remmiya Mary Varghese

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Crossbite should be visible seen in orthodontic practice. It very well may be clinically distinguished, when the lower teeth are in a buccal or labial position in regards to the upper teeth, in a one-sided, respective, foremost and additionally back way. In the cross over aspect, ordinary impediment is the point at which the palatine cusps of the upper molars and premolars block in the fossa of lower molars and premolars. In the anteroposterior plane, the upper incisors impede on the labial parts of lower incisors. During the period from June 2019 to March 2021, we reviewed the case record of 86000 patients out of which 116 samples were collected. A customized examination form was used to collect the data and a special table for data collection was prepared. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and a chi square test was done. P value less than or equal to  0.05 was considered as statistically significant. 110 individuals who had crossbite were filtered from the dias, out of which 52.59% were found to be around 15-25 years and around 31.19% were between 26-35 years. From our study it is noted that the majority of the patients were male (60.55%) and around (39.45%) of the patients were female. Within the limits of present study, it is shown that the majority of the individuals who had crossbite also had spacing and proclination and also proves that Class I occlusion was seen in the majority of cases from our study.

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Tasleem Abitha S., Dr. Remmiya Mary Varghese. (2022). A Study Assessing the Prevalence of Crossbite in Patients Reporting for Orthodontic Therapy in a Private Dental Institution. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine, 10, 642–647. Retrieved from https://www.jclmm.com/index.php/journal/article/view/115
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