Preetha Parthasarathy

Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Prevalence and Gender Distribution of Dental Crossbite and its Association with Malocclusion: An Institution Based Study
  Author(s): Preetha Parthasarathy, Aravind kumar* and Sreedevi Dharman
  
  Crossbite is defined as any abnormal buccolingual relationship between opposing incisors, molars or premolars in centric relation. It can either be skeletal crossbite or dental crossbite. The dental crossbite is subdivided into anterior crossbite and posterior crossbite. The purpose of the study was to determine the gender wise distribution of crossbite malocclusion among the study population and also to determine the type of malocclusion among the patients. The study was done in a university set up in a private dental college and hospitals, Chennai. A retrospective study was conducted in patients with crossbite. The final sample size was 934 after reviewing 41190 case sheets. The data was collected from the hospital digital database by reviewing the patients records and analysing them. The data was entered in an excel sheet and imported to SPSS software version 23 and the results wer.. Read More»