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The European Journal of Orthodontics Advance Access originally published online on August 21, 2006
The European Journal of Orthodontics 2006 28(5):467-470; doi:10.1093/ejo/cjl027
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Orthodontic Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Prevalence of malocclusions in Hungarian adolescents

Katalin Gábris*, Sándor Márton** and Melinda Madléna***

* Department of Paedodontics and Orthodontics, Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary
*** Department of Prosthodontics, Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary
** Department of Sociology, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Address for correspondence Katalin Gábris, Department of Paedodontics and Orthodontics, Semmelweis University, Mária u. 39, H-1085 Budapest, Hungary. E-mail: gabris{at}fok.usn.hu

The aim of this epidemiological study was to assess the prevalence of malocclusion, associated caries experience, and level of oral hygiene in the Hungarian population using the World Health Organisation (WHO) questionnaire designed to assess dentofacial anomalies. A total of 483 adolescents (289 girls, 194 boys), aged 16-18 years, were assessed.

Orthodontic anomalies were detected in 70.4 per cent of the sample. Crowding and spacing were observed in 14.3 and 17 per cent, respectively, with the latter being more prevalent in the maxilla than in the mandible (10.4 and 2.9 per cent, respectively). A Class I occlusion was found in 52.8 per cent of the subjects. A half cusp anomaly in the antero-posterior molar relationship was more prevalent than a full cusp anomaly (26.9 and 20.3 per cent, respectively). The decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT), the decayed, missing, and filled surfaces (DMFS), and the visible plaque indices scores (VPI) of the 340 adolescents with malocclusion were significantly higher (P < 0.05) than those of the adolescents who displayed no anomalies. The prevalence of malocclusion in the Hungarian population seems to be comparable with other European communities.


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