Hameed Ullah Jan, Amjad Naeem, Abida Aslam.
Prevalence of class III malocclusion in an Orthodontically referred Pakistani population.
J Pak Dent Assoc Jan ;17(3):119-122.

To assess the prevalence of Class III malocclusions in all military and civilian patients seeking orthodontic treatment at Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, so as to strategize treatment planning on a priority and individualized basis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total of 1348 patients referred to the department of Orthodontics ..AFID from Oct 1999 through June 2008 were both clinically and cephalometrically screened for this study. RESULTS: Out of a final sample size of 1185, comprising 375 (31.6%) males and 810 (a 4% females, (11.1%) patients exhibited Class III malocclusion. Class III was found in 51 males and 80 females only. CONCLUSION: Males exhibited a higher frequency 13.6% as compared to females 9.9%. Frequency of Class III malocclusion in our sample is higher than those of Caucasians, Africans and Asians of Middle East. It is however compatible to Turkish and Japanese populations, but lesser than Koreans.

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