Prevalence of Edentulism and Class 2 Malocclusion in a Known Population and Their Treatment with Complete Denture and Myofunctional Appliances, Respectively

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Shubham Chelkar, Abhisheak R Naik, Swati Chorey, Vasu Kumar, Shruti Pochhi, Anshul Gaur

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Background: This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of edentulism and class 2 malocclusion in a known population and their treatment with complete denture and myofunctional appliances, respectively.


Material and methods: This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of edentulism and class 2 malocclusion in a known population and their treatment with complete denture and myofunctional appliances, respectively. There were 100 subjects. Oral clinical examination was carried out in these subjects. The prevalence of edentulism and class 2 malocclusion was estimated and accordingly, the treatment plan was made. Various myofunctional appliances had been fabricated for the subjects having class 2 malocclusion and complete dentures had been fabricated for those who wanted to get their teeth replaced. Statistical analysis had been conducted using SPSS software.


Results: In this study, there were 100 subjects of which 50 had edentulism and belonged to group 1 and the remaining 50 had class 2 malocclusion and belonged to group 2. There were 23 males in group 1 and 27 females in group 2. There were 27 males in group 2 and 23 females in group 2. Edentulism was treated via complete denture prostheses and class 2 malocclusion was treated via different myofunctional appliances. Twin block appliance was given in 26 cases, Jasper jumper was given in 13 patients ad Herbst appliance was given in 11 patients.


Conclusion: There was 50% prevalence of edentulism and there was 50% prevalence of class 2 malocclusion. Edentulism had been treated using complete denture prostheses while class 2 malocclusion had been treated using various myofunctional appliances such as Twin Block appliance, Herbst appliance and Jasper Jumper appliance.

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