Class 2 Flashcards
Malocclusion is not
A disease but a spectrum respresenting biological variability
Normal %
35%
% handicapped
5%
Overjet
Antero posterior
Overbite
Vertical
Irregularity increased between _____ and _____ and was stable between _____ and _____
Childhood youth
Youth adulthood
When does mandibular crowding increase
Youth and adulthood
When would a mild class II decrease
From childhood to a dole scene probably a results of differential jaw growth during growth spurt
Transverse components
Refers to Cross bite
Vertical problems of anterior open bite versus anterior deep bite exhibits
Racial differences
Open bites seen more in
African Americans
Severe anterior deep bites more common in
European Americans
Malocclusion is in most instances a
Developmental condition
Hereditary factors
Disproportion between size of upper and lower jaws
Disproportion between size of teeth and jaw
Heterogenous gene pool
With increasing age heritability estimates _____ for skeletal and _____ for dental variables
Increase
Decrease
Inheritance is particularly strong for ______ ______ followed by ________ of facial development
Mandibular prognathism
Long face pattern
Childhood fractures heal mostly
Uneventful
Interferences with post natal development
Fractures
Muscle dysfunction
Acromegaly
Condyerl huperplasia