Maloclusiones en niños y adolescentes de caseríos y comunidades nativas de la Amazonía de Ucayali, Perú

Arón Aliaga-Del Castillo; Manuel Antonio Mattos-Vela; Rosalinda Aliaga-Del Castillo; Claudia Del Castillo-Mendoza

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2011.281.461

Authors

Arón Aliaga-Del Castillo Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. Cirujano Dentista.
Manuel Antonio Mattos-Vela Departamento de Estomatología Preventiva y Social, Facultad de Odontología Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. Cirujano Dentista. Magíster en Estomatología, Doctorando en Estomatología.
Rosalinda Aliaga-Del Castillo Facultad de Estomatología, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. Cirujano Dentista. Especialista en Estomatología Pediátrica.
Claudia Del Castillo-Mendoza Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Lima, Perú. Cirujano Dentista.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2011.281.461

Keywords:

Malocclusion, Oral health, population groups, Chid, Adolescent, Peru

Abstract

We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study to assess the prevalence of malocclusions in children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years of villages and native communities of the Ucayali jungle of Peru. We assessed the presence of malocclusions using Angle’s classification and orthodontic changes. We evaluated 201 individuals, 106 (52.7%) were women, most of them (54.7%) had between 6 and 12 years. The prevalence of malocclusions was 85.6%, the most prevalent according to Angle’s classification was class I (59.6%). Orthodontic alterations were present in 67.2% of cases. The most frequent were dental crowding (28.4%), anterior crossbite (17.4%), exaggerated overjet (8.5%), excessive overbite (5.0%) and anterior open bite (5.0%). We found a high prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic changes in the evaluated native communities, highlighting the need to implement preventive programs to improve the oral health of these negleted populations.