청아치과병원 교정과에 내원한 환자의 분포와 부정교합분류에 관한 연구

A Study On the Distribution of Malocclusion Patents From Department of Orthodontics, Chong-A Dental Hospital

As a society has developed, much concern has been put on appearances of people with development of economy. Accordingly malocclusion patients have been increasing. With this trend, it has become very important to investigate patients characteristics so as to cure the patients effectively. This study investigated 724 malocclusion patients who had been examined diagmosed and recorded well at Chong-a Dental Hospital for 5 years from 1994 to 1998. The results are as follows ; 1) The total number of orthodontic patients in 1998 increased about 79% than in 1994, and female orthodontic patients(68.1%) were more than male ones(31.9%). 2) Age distribution has shown more than 19 year-old group being the largest(48.9%) 3) Distributions in the types of malocclusion according to the Angle's classification have shown 42.5% for class I division, 21.5% for class II division, 35.9% for class III division, being class I division the largest. 4) 50.1% of the total patients were from Kang-nam Gu, So-cho Gu, and Song-pa Gu.