Korean J Orthod.  1983 Mar;13(1):31-43.

A study on occlusal patterns of handicapped persons

• Kim NS
• Lee DJ

Abstract

The following results were abatined based on the research of the occlusal patterns among 1074 handicapped persons (cerebral palsy : 46, mental subonrmality : 619, deafumte : 285, blind : 111, childish autism : 8, cleft lip and cleft palate : 3, polimyelitis : 2) of the age between 6 and 23 in Chollanamdo, Korea, in comparison with a normal group of 1048 children of the age between 6 and 15 selected at random in J primary school in Gwang-ju City. 1. According to Angle's malocclusion classification, all the handicapped groups, except the cerebral palsy and the blind, showed a higher prevalence of malocclusion than that of the normal. Especially the prevalence of Class II, devision 1 malocclusion in the cerebral palsy was the highest, and the prevalence of Class III malocclusion in all the handieapped groups was higher than that of the normal group. Among these groups the highest prevalence of Class III malocclusion was in the Down's syndrome group. 2. On the the abnormal pattern of the anterior region, there was no significant difference(P< or =0.05) between the normal and the cerebral palsy, the deafmute, and the blind. The open bite (7.27 +/- 1.04%) and the cross-bite (34.7 +/- 6.33%) of the Down's syndrome were higher than that of the normal, and the forward position of the mandible could be recognized in the Down's syndrome group. 3. On the midline position of the dentition, all the handicapped showed the same percentage of deviation, but the degree of mandibular shift to the right (20.00 +/- 5.39%) or left (10.91 +/- 4.20%) was higher than of the normal only the Down's syndrome group. 4. On the abnormal pattern of the posterior region, the cross-bite of the Down's sydrome was higher than that of the normal by 20.00 +/- 5.39% the cross-bite of the cerebral palsy and the cross-bite and the open bite mental subnormality were slightly higher than that of the normal. The other handicapped groups showed no significant difference (P< or =0.05) to the normal.

MeSH Terms

Autistic Disorder
Cerebral Palsy
Child
Classification
Cleft Lip
Cleft Palate
Dentition
Disabled Persons*
Down Syndrome
Gwangju
Humans
Jeollanam-do
Korea
Malocclusion
Mandible
Open Bite
Paralysis
Prevalence