title: Malocclusion prevalence and orthodontic treatment need in central Anatolian adolescents compared to European and other nations' adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment need in a large sample of Central Anatolian adolescents and compare them with European-other nations' adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample included 1125 boys and 1204 girls aged between 12 and 16 years with no previous orthodontic treatment history. Occlusal variables examined were molar relationship, overjet, overbite, crowding, midline diastema, posterior crossbite, and scissors bite. The dental health (DHC) and aesthetic components (AC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) were used as an assessment measure of the need for orthodontic treatment for the total sample.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results indicated a high prevalence of Class I (34.9%) and Class II, Division 1 malocclusions (40.0%). Moreover, increased (18%) and reduced bites (14.%), and increased (25.1%) and reversed overjet (10.%) were present in the sample.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using the DHC of the IOTN, the proportion of subjects estimated to have great and very great treatment need (grades 4 and 5) was 28.%. However, only 16.7% of individuals were in need (grades 8-10) of orthodontic treatment according to the AC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fundagul
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bilgic
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ibrahim Erhan
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Gelgor
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Ishik University, Erbil, Iraq.
authors.forename: Ahmet Arif
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Celebi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D061326:Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000453:epidemiology*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors