[Relationship between overweight, obesity and malocclusion in a sample of children].
Obesity and malocclusion are two very common disease worldwide affecting both adults and children, posing a threat to the physical and mental health. Our observational study assesses the impact of being obese and overweight in the development of malocclusion among childhood subjects (3-12 year old).
Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche e Oncologiche, Università di Palermo, Italy. giuseppa.bilello@unipa.it
Giuseppa
G
Bilello
Giuseppe
G
Currò
Antonella
A
Fregapane
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000209:etiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications*