A study on the distributions and trends in malocclusion patients from department of orthodontics, college of dentistry, Yonsei university / 대한치과교정학회지
Korean Journal of Orthodontics
;
: 267-276, 1999.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Distributions trends were examined in 9159 malocclusion patients had been examined and diagnosed at Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University over a 6 year-period from 1992 to 1997. The results were as follows 1. The total number of orthodontic patients in 1997 increased in comparing with that of 1992(86%)and after 1995, the number of annual patients showed an increase. 2. Age distribution had shown over-19 year-old group being the largest(39.9%) but percentages of pre-adolescent patients had been decreasing while that of adult patient had gradually increased. 3. Distributions in the types of malocclusion, the Angle's Classification had shown 33. 3% for Class I, 28.6% for ClassII and the largest 38.1% for Class III. 4. Among Class I patients, crowding showed the largest(32.6%) and protrusion group had gradually increased to 33.9% in 1996. Otherwise openbite and groups tend to decrease, annually. 5. Geographic distribution showed a majority of patients from Seoul(above 70%). Among the patients from Seoul, group within the distance 3-6km from Yonsei dental hospital was the largest(32.3%) and group within 9km showed 69% of total patients.
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Main subject:
Orthodontics
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Crowding
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Epidemiologic Studies
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Age Distribution
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Open Bite
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Dentistry
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Seoul
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Malocclusion
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Orthodontics
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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