Matilda Mtaya|Pongsri Brudvik|Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm
Prevalence of malocclusion and its relationship with socio-demographic factors, dental caries, and oral hygiene in 12- to 14-year-old Tanzanian schoolchildren
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences|University of Bergen|University of Bergen|University of Bergen
aim study assess prevalence malocclusion association sociodemographic characteristics caries experience level oral hygiene 12 14yearold schoolchildren residing two socioeconomically different districts tanzania total 1601 children mean age 13 years 605 per cent girls attending 16 primary schools kinondoni temeke districts participated clinical examination interviewed school settings chisquare multiple logistic regression models used test statistically significant differences different groups results showed 638 per cent 626 per cent kinondoni 660 per cent temeke subjects least one type anomaly midline shift 225 per cent spacing least 2 mm 219 per cent open bite 161 per cent frequently recorded majority 936 per cent children showed class molar relationship class ii class iii malocclusions registered 44 20 per cent respectively multiple logistic regression analyses controlling sociodemographic factors showed odds ratio open bite 18 residing less socioeconomically privileged district subjects decayed missing filled teeth dnft 0 17 21 24 17 respectively likely diagnosed malocclusion midline shift angle class ii iii open bite schoolchildren fairpoor oral hygiene less likely counterparts good oral hygiene diagnosed midline shift malocclusions prevalent tanzanian children investigated associated environmental factors terms caries experience residing less affluent district preventive programmes combat prevalence malocclusion recommended