Epidemiological findings in Indonesia of orthodontic interest.
Of the 110 Sundanese girls and boys we examined anthropometrically 99% were hyper- or brachycephalic, in 75.5% of the population this was combined with hyper-eury- or euryprosopy. From a dentist's standpoint, the following findings were noted: Primary crowding in 85%, deep-bite in 55%, bi-alveolary protrusion in 22% and canine-like upper lateral incisors in 20% of the cases examined.
D000293:Adolescent; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013397:Sudan