Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Etiology 1
Etiology 1
Etiology 1
MALOCCLUSION
LECTURE 1
08.08.2007
BY
2
Overall Etiological Factors Are
Hereditary or Genetic
Environmental
3
GENETIC FACTORS
4
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
5
THE ORTHODONTIC EQUATION OF
MALOCCLUSION
Causes
act at
Times
on
Tissues
produce
Results
6
Causes
some predisposing / some exciting
Heredity
Developmental causes of unknown origin
Trauma
Physical agents
Habits
Disease
Malnutrition
7
Time
Prenatal or postnatal
Continuous or intermittent
8
Tissues
Some primarily or some secondarily
Neuro-muscular
Teeth
Bone & cartilage
Soft tissues (other than muscles)
9
Results
Following or combination of
Malfunction
Malocclusion
Osseous dysplsaia
10