ABSTRACT
Within the framework of an epidemiological survey of the state of dentition the authors examined some 4% of adolescents in the East Slovakian region (aged 15-18 years). The authors recorded the following values according to Angle's classification: A II/1-14.3% A II/2-7.5% A III-3.1%. Abnormal position of the frontal teeth: retrusion-8.2% protrusion-12.2% cramming-19.7%. Incidence of malocclusion: deep occlusion-23.8% labial occlusion-4.4% open occlusion-5.8% crossed occlusion-7.3%. Diastema with normal position of the frontal teeth-7.9%. The authors evaluate the total incidence of maxillary orthopaedic defects-70.2%-as very high.
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Malocclusion/epidemiology , Maxillary Diseases/epidemiology , Adolescent , Czechoslovakia/epidemiology , HumansABSTRACT
The authors give an account of the results of an epidemilogical investigation of the cariosity in adolescents of the East Slovakia region. They assessed the prevalence of caries and the intensity of cariosity by means of the DMF index. They investigated also the cariosity of individual teeth and the cariosity in individual subjects. The incidence of dental caries is 98.7% and the intensity according to the DMF index is on average 8.9.
