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Prevalence and distribution by gender of occlusal characteristics in a sample of Italian secondary school students: a cross-sectional study

Published by: European Journal of Orthodontics

The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and distribution, by gender, of occlusal traits in a sample of Italian students aged 11–14 years (mean 13 ± 1 years). Using standardized and validated recording criteria, a single operator measured the overjet, overbite, open bite, anterior and posterior crossbites, crowding, coincidence of the upper and lower midlines, and diastema, in 810 secondary school students (53.6 per cent males).

Authors: Fabio Ciuffolo, Lamberto Manzoli, Michele D’Attilio, Simona Tecco, Filippo Muratore, Felice Festa and Ferdinando Romano

occlusal characteristics, secondary school students, gender, cross-sectional study