Korean J Orthod.  1989 Nov;19(3):35-48.

The distribution and trend of malocclusion patients visited at depatment of orthodontics

• Gok DB
• Kyung HM
• Kwon OW
• Sung JH

Abstract

1795 patients who visited orthodontic department from 1979 to 1987, were surveyed on the yearly tendency of patient distribution and state of Angle's classification. The results were as follows; 1. There was increased visiting rate of patient per year and higher visiting rate in female than in male. 2. 8-15 age group was 70.3% in total visiting patients and over 20 age group was 10.8%, under 7 age group was 7.3%. 3. Class I malocclusion was 26.3%, Class II div 1 was 31.0%, Class II div 2 was 1.6% and Class III was 41.1% in total visiting patient. 4. There was increased tendency to be received preventive treatment than fixed treatment and increased extracting rate per year in fixed treatment. 5. There was increased tendency for the number of the patient to be received orthognathic surgery.

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Male
Malocclusion*
Orthodontics*
Orthognathic Surgery