Research Article
Prevalence of Malocclusions and Associated Factors inBrazilian Children and Adolescents with CerebralPalsy: A Multi-Institutional Study
Table 4
Distribution of children and adolescents with CP according to DAI criteria and severity malocclusion in permanent dentition.
| DAI criteria | Severity malocclusion (n = 35) | Moderate (<30), N (%) | Severe (>30), N (%) | value |
| Loss of anterior tooth | | | | 0 | 3 (10.7) | 25 (89.3) | 0.365 | ≥1 | 0 (0.0) | 7 (100.0) | |
| Crowding in the incisal segment | | | | None | 2 (9.1) | 20 (90.9) | 0.941 | One or two segments | 1 (8.3) | 11 (91.7) | |
| Spacing in the incisal segment | | | | None | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | 0.651 | One or two segments | 2 (7.4) | 25 (92.6) | |
| Diastema | | | | 0 | 3 (20.0) | 12 (80.0) | 0.036 | ≥1 mm | 0 (0.0) | 20 (100.0) | |
| Maxillary anterior misalignment | | | | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | ≥1 mm | 3 (8.6) | 32 (91.4) | |
| Mandibular anterior misalignment | | | | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | ≥1 mm | 3 (8.6) | 32 (91.4) | |
| Maxillary anterior overjet | | | | <4 mm | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 0.029 | ≥4 mm | 1 (3.2) | 30 (96.8) | |
| Mandibular anterior overjet | | | | 0 | 3 (8.6) | 32 (91.4) | — | ≥1 mm | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Anterior open bite | | | | 0 | 3 (17.6) | 14 (82.4) | 0.062 | ≥1 mm | 0 (0.0) | 18 (100.0) | |
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Chi-squared test. Fisher’s exact tests. |