Prevalencia de maloclusiones en niños del jardín de infancia de la Escuela Bolivariana “Juan Ruiz Fajardo”

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of dental malocclusion in preschool children from Kindergarten to the Bolivarian School “Juan Ruiz Fajardo of Merida, Venezuela. We performed a cross-sectional study whose population consisted of 120 children between 3 and 6 years of age , of both genders. Clinical examination was performed with the child seated facing the examiner, using natural light and tongue depressors. The data obtained in the oral examination were recorded on Form Oral Health and degree of malocclusion was recorded according to the methodology described by the World Health Organization. It was observed that 54.9% of the study population had malocclusion which 47.1 % had moderate or severe malocclusion and 7.8 % slight malocclusion . It is concluded that due to a high percentage of dental malocclusion poblnacion has examined it is necessary to plan and execute preventive orthodontic treatment in order to achieve normal development of occlusion.