Overbite values in Nigerian children.
Overbite values in 650 Nigerian children aged 11-13 years have been measured using the Jackson method of overbite classification. The commonest overbite value in Nigerian children is 1 with a prevalence of 75.3 per cent which is followed by overbite 2 with a prevalence of 16.3 per cent. The study showed that Nigerians have a lesser overbite value compared with Caucasians.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence