title: Dental Occlusion among School Going Children of Maharashtra.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A dental survey was conducted among the school going children of age group 6-13 yrs, focused to find out incidence of malocclusion so as to predict the probable time at which preventive measures can be taken.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was carried on 985 unrelated healthy subject, including of 575 boys and 410 girls and the population was divided into three economic group of upper, middle and lower class.
  
  
  RESULTS
  1)In the study 57% of sample is found with normal occlusion.2)The proportion of malocclusion was higher in males.3)Lower income group sample showed highest proportion of malocclusion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study on school going children, it was found out that 57% of population showed normal occlusion and that malocclusion was higher in males and in lower income group population.
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Hospital, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Mukesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Gurunanak Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Prasenjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Oral Pathology, Rungta Dental College & Hospital, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gondhalekar
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Oral Surgery, VYWS Dental College & Hospital, Amravati, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Rajeshri
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gondhalekar
authors.affiliation: Professor & Head of Department of Orthodontics, Hazaribagh College of Dental Sciences, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India.
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lall
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Oral Pathology, Modern Dental College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rajkumar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parwani
keywords: Crowding; malocclusion; spacing; ugly duckling stage