Abstract
Malocclusion is a worldwide dental problem that influences the affected individuals to varying degrees. Many factors contribute to the anomaly in dentition, including hereditary and environmental aspects. Dental caries, pulpal and periapical lesions, dental trauma, abnormality of development, and oral habits are most common dental diseases in children that strongly relate to malocclusion. Management of oral health in the early childhood stage is carried out in clinic work of pediatric dentistry to minimize the unwanted effect of these diseases on dentition. This article highlights these diseases and their impacts on malocclusion in sequence. Prevention, treatment, and management of these conditions are also illustrated in order to achieve successful oral health for children and adolescents, even for their adult stage.
Highlights
Malocclusion, defined as a handicapping dento-facial anomaly by the World Health Organization, refers to abnormal occlusion and/ or disturbed craniofacial relationships, which may affect esthetic appearance, function, facial harmony, and psychosocial wellbeing.[1,2]. It is one of the most common dental problems, with high prevalence ranging from 20% to 100% reported by different researchers.[3–5]
The etiology of malocclusion is multifactorial and it could occur due to hereditary factors, environmental factors or the combination of these two in the affected individuals, among which dental diseases contribute a lot
We highlighted dental caries, pulpal and periapical lesions, dental trauma, abnormality of development, and oral habits, which are common in children and link to malocclusion to some extent
Summary
Malocclusion is a worldwide dental problem that influences the affected individuals to varying degrees. Pulpal and periapical lesions, dental trauma, abnormality of development, and oral habits are most common dental diseases in children that strongly relate to malocclusion. Management of oral health in the early childhood stage is carried out in clinic work of pediatric dentistry to minimize the unwanted effect of these diseases on dentition. This article highlights these diseases and their impacts on malocclusion in sequence. Prevention, treatment, and management of these conditions are illustrated in order to achieve successful oral health for children and adolescents, even for their adult stage.
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