Prevalence of Malocclusions and Associated Factors inBrazilian Children and Adolescents with CerebralPalsy: A Multi-Institutional Study

Table 1

Distribution of children and adolescents with CP according to the presence of malocclusion and DAI.

Variables and attributes	N	%
Canine angulation (n = 99)
Class I	52	52.5
Class II	33	33.3
Class III	6	6.1
No information	8	8.1
Overjet (n = 99)
Normal	14	14.1
Increased	75	75.8
Top-to-top	2	2.0
Anterior cross bite	3	3.0
No information	5	5.1
Overbite (n = 99)
Normal	29	29.3
Low	4,0	4.0
Open bite	51	51.5
Deep	11	11.5
No information	4	4.0
Posterior cross bite (n = 99)
Absent	79	79.8
Present	19	19.2
No information	1	1.0
DAI criteria (n = 35)
No malocclusion (DAI < 25)	3	8.6
Defined malocclusion (DAI = 26–30)	0	0
Severe malocclusion (DAI = 31–35)	1	2.9
Very severe malocclusion (DAI > 36)	31	88.6