title: Prevalence of spaced and closed dentition and its relation to malocclusion in primary and permanent dentition.
abstract: An ideal primary dentition is the indicator of future ideal permanent dentition. Absence of primate or secondary spaces in the primary dentition is expression of disproportion between jaw/tooth sizes. Little information is known on the relationship of spacing and closed dentition with malocclusion in relation to primary and permanent dentition. Hence, the present study was conducted to find the relationship of spacing and closed dentition with malocclusion in primary and permanent dentition in children during their deciduous dentition period.
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry VS Dental College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, e-mail: sumadoc@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Suma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vinay
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, MR Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Vinayk
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Keshav
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, VS Dental College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karanataka, India.
authors.forename: Shreya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sankalecha
keywords: Closed dentition and malocclusion; Spacing