2016
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.186245
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The prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment needs in school going children of Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract: There seems a discrepancy in the proportion of children needing orthodontic treatment on esthetic and dental health grounds. This study provides baseline data on the need and demand for orthodontic treatment among the sample which is important for planning public orthodontic and dental services.

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“…The NNOT detected in the present study mainly corresponded to the presence of crowding >4 mm (36%), indicating a higher prevalence in Mexican adolescents than that found by different studies using the same operational definition (crowding > 4 mm) [24][25][26][27].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 44%
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“…The NNOT detected in the present study mainly corresponded to the presence of crowding >4 mm (36%), indicating a higher prevalence in Mexican adolescents than that found by different studies using the same operational definition (crowding > 4 mm) [24][25][26][27].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 44%
“…The NNOT prevalence found in the present study was higher than that reported in various other countries (IOTN-DHC≥4). A 1-55% NNOT prevalence is reported for countries in Asia [24][25][26][27][28][29], while 17-36% was observed in Europe [30][31][32] and 25-78% in America [13][14][15]33].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A similar study in Travancore population 43 reported 53.3% in need of orthodontic treatment. However, studies done by Singh et al, 44 Amado et al 45 showed 68.4 and 83.8% in need of orthodontic therapy. This difference could be because the latter studies were done on the higher age-range subjects.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…The large expansion of orthodontic practice and increasing demand for orthodontic care globally highlights the need for providing oral health care planners with adequate information about the prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment needs (21)(22)(23) . This is especially important at the age when occlusion has established and that represents the majority of the candidates of orthodontic care (24) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%