J. Orthod.
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ben-Bassat, Y.
Right arrow Articles by Brin, I.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Ben-Bassat, Y.
Right arrow Articles by Brin, I.

British Journal of Orthodontics, Vol 24, 229-235, Copyright © 1997 by British Orthodontic Society

ARTICLES

Occlusal traits in a group of school children in an isolated society in Jerusalem

Y Ben-Bassat, D Harari and I Brin
Department of Orthodontics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.

The prevalence of occlusal features in 939 children, aged 6-13 years, belonging to an ultra-orthodox community of Jewish Ashkenazi descent living in Jerusalem was studied clinically. Sexual dimorphism was found for overjet, overbite, and habit practising. About one-quarter of the sample exhibited some degree of occlusal mutilation due to caries, thus creating a 'caries-affected' subgroup, the rest forming the 'caries- free' subgroup. In the latter set, normocclusion was scarce (7.4 per cent), Class I being the most frequent malocclusion (49.1 per cent). Caries had a significant effect on the symmetry of bilateral occlusal relationships, lower dental midline deviation, and on crowding/spacing conditions in the mixed dentition stage (except for the maxilla in late mixed dentition). The low prevalence of normocclusion can be attributed to genetic background, environmental influences and the definition attached to normal occlusion.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J. Orthod.Home page
T Lauc, P Rudan, I Rudan, and H Campbell
Effect of inbreeding and endogamy on occlusal traits in human isolates
J. Orthod., December 1, 2003; 30(4): 301 - 308.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1997 British Orthodontic Society.