title: [An investigation of malocclusion deformity of 2002 middle school students in Fuchuan Yao race autonomous county of Guangxi Zhuang race autonomous region].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the situation of maloccluson deformity which happens among the middle school students in Fuchuan Yao race autonomous county.
  
  
  METHODS
  2002 students (from 13 years old to 22 years old) were examined under natural light by using the way from Huang Jing fang, who edited a book called Oral Orthodontics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rates of malocclusion deformity were 45.4% and 28.9% respectively, when the ideal normal occlusion and individual normal occlusion were treated as the criteria.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Being compared with the relative reports, the results of the investigation show that the rate of malocclusion deformity is lower than that of the students in northern China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, Fuchuan People's Hospital.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors