Title
Malocclusion among patients at Agartala, Tripura, India
Authors
Shib Kumar Nath1, Pratyaksha Singh Panwar2, Kanika Singh Dhull3, Pratik Surana4,*, Ashtha Arya5 & Jayesh Tiwari6
Affiliation
1Department of Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Agartala Govt. Dental College And IGM Hospital, Agartala, Tripura, India; 2Department of Dentistry, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India; 3Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India; 4Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Maitri College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India; 5Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, SGT Dental College, Hospital and Research Institute, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana – 122505, India; 6Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, New Horizon Dental College & Research Institute, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India; *Corresponding author
Shib Kumar Nath - E-mail: shibkumarnath@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7005212322
Pratyaksha Singh Panwar - E-mail: dr.pratyaksha@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9894788183
Kanika Singh Dhull - E-mail: kanikasingh.dhull@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9439361210
Pratik Surana - E-mail: suranadrpratik@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8871310111
Ashtha Arya - E-mail: drashthaarya@yahoo.co.in; Phone: +91 9810761757
Jayesh Tiwari - E-mail: drtiwarijayesh@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7000536809
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received March 1, 2024; Revised March 31, 2024; Accepted March 31, 2024, Published March 31, 2024
Abstract
Malocclusion is the mal-relationship of dental arches with or without an irregularity of the teeth. Therefore, it is of interest to estimate the rate of occurrence of malocclusion within the population of Agartala city, Tripura, India. The study included 850 individuals ranging from 16 to 24 years of age, which were categorized into five distinct classifications, namely normal occlusion, Angle's Class I malocclusion, Class II Division 1, Class II Division 2, and Class III malocclusion. Data shows that normal occlusal alignment was observed in 29.41% of the participants, whereas a majority of 70.59% exhibited various forms of malocclusion among this population.
Keywords
Malocclusion, prevalence, angle's classification
Citation
Kumar Nath et al. Bioinformation 20(3): 258-260 (2024)
Edited by
Peter N Pushparaj
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
