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Normal Iraqi values of overjet and overbite.

Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry

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Title Normal Iraqi values of overjet and overbite.
 
Creator Al Huwaizi, Akram F.
 
Description Background: Knowing the normal range of values helps us define the abnormal range.
Material and Method: This study involved six governorates (cities and environs) in Iraq selected to cover the whole
country geographically (Baghdad the capital, Ninevah, Basrah, Diyala, Anbar and Najaf). The sample consisted of
6957 intermediate school students aged 13 years with no previous history of orthodontic treatment. An intra-oral
clinical examination was used to assess their overjet and overbite.
Results: More than two thirds of the sample (67.8%) had an overjet of 2mm to 4mm and three quarters of the sample
(75.3%) had an overbite of 1mm to 3mm and when overjet and overbite values were cross-tabulated, 54.7% of the
sample had an overjet of 2-4mm and an overbite of 1-3mm suggesting their normal values.
Conclusion: For Iraqi 13 early teen-agers the normal overjet is 2-4mm and overbite is 1-3mm
 
Publisher College of dentistry/ University of baghdad
 
Date 2017-01-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Identifier http://jbcd.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/jbcd/article/view/1654
 
Source Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry; Vol 18 No 1 (2006); 80-83
2311-5270
1680-0087
 
Language en
 
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