Etiology of Malocclusion

Presented by: Gautam kumar (12)

Isha Singh (13)
CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• MOYER'S CLASSIFICATION OF ETIOLOGY OF
MALOCCLUSION
• GRABER'S CLASSIFICATION OF ETIOLOGY OF
MALOCCLUSION
• HEREDITY
• CONGENITAL DEFECTS
• ENVIRONMENT
• POSTURE
• ACCIDENTS AND TRAUMA
INTRODUCTION
• The orthodontic speciality deals with treatment of
various malocclusions. Etiology of malocclusion is the
study of its cause or causes.
• malocclusions are caused by either genetic factors or
by environmental factors
MOYER'S CLASSIFICATION OF ETIOLOGY OF MALOCCLUSION
• Heredity
– Neuromuscular system
– Bone
– Teeth
– Soft parts
• Development defects of unknown origin
• Trauma
– Prenatal trauma and birth injuries
– Post natal trauma
• Physical agent
– Premature extraction of primary teeth
– Nature of food
• Habit
– Thumb sucking and finger sucking
– Tongue
– Lip sucking and lip biting
– Posture
– nail biting
– other habits
• Diseases
– systemic disease
– endocrine disordersc
– local diseases
GRABER'S CLASSIFICATION OF ETIOLOGY OF
MALOCCLUSION
GENERAL FACTOR
1. Heredity
2. Congenital
3. Environment
– Pre natal
– Post natal
4. Pre-disposing metabolic climate and disease
– Endocrine bulunane
– Metabolic disturbance
– Infectious diseases
5. Dietary problems(nutritional deficiency)
7.Abnormal pressure habits and functional aberrations
– Abnormal sucking
– Thumb and finger sucking
– Tongue thrust and tongue sucking
– Lip and nail biting
– Abnormal swallowing habit
– Tonsils and aderoidsg
– Respiratory abnormalities
– Speech defects
– Psychogenic tres and bruxism
8.Posture
9.Trauma and accidents
LOCAL FACTOR

1. Anomalies of number Supernumerary teeth, Missing teeth

2. Anomalies of tooth size
3. Anomalies of tooth shape
4. Abnormal labial frenum mucosal barriers
5. Premature loss of deciduous teeth
6. Prolonged retention of deciduous teeth
7. Delayed eruption of permanent teeth
8. Abnormal eruptive path
9. Ankylosis
10. Dental carious
HEREDITY
 Heredity has for long been attributed as one of causes of malocclusion.
 The child is a product of parents who have dissimilar genetic material.
 The child may inherit conflicting traits from both the parents resulting in abnormalities of the
dentofacial region.
 According to Lundstrom there exist a number of human trait that are influenced by the genes
that include:
 Tooth size
 Arch
 Crowding
 Abnormalities of tooth space
 Abnormalities in tooth number
 Over jet
 Inter arch variations
CONGENITAL DEFECTS
• Congenital defects or development defects are malformations seen at the
time of birth.
• It may be caused by a variety of factors including genetic, radiologic,
chemical, endocrine, infection and mechanical factors.
• The congenital abnormalities that cause malocclusion can be broadly
classified as general and local congenital abnormalities.
GENERAL CONGENITAL FACTORS
• Abnormal state of mother during pregnancy
• Malnutrition
• Endocrinopathies
• Infectious diseases
• Metabolic and nutritional disturbances
• Accidents during pregnancy and childbirth
• Intra- uterine pressure
• Accidental traumatisation of the foetus by external forces
ENVIRONMENT
• Various prenatal and postnatal environmental
factors can cause malocclusion:
1. Prenatal factors: The foetus is wellprotected against injuries and
nutritional deficiencies during pregnancy. but there are certain factor, the
presence of which can result in abnormal growth of the oro-facial region
thereby predisposing to malocclusion.
abnormal fetal posture during gestastion is said to
interfere with symmertric development of the face.
The other prenatal influences include maternal fibroids,
fibroids, amniotic lesions, maternaldiet and metabolism.
Maternal infection such as German measles and use of
certain drugs during pregnancy such as Thalidomide can cause gross
congenital deformities including clefts.
• Postnatal factors: The following are some of
the postnatal factors that can cause
malocclusion:
1) Forceps delivery can result in injury to the temporomandibular
joint joint area, which can undergo ankylosis. Such patients show
retarded mandibular growth and thus have a hypoplastic mandible.
2) Cerebaral palsy is a condition characterized by muscle
incoordination.This may occur due to birth injuries. The patient can
exhibit malocclusion due to loss of muscle balance.
3) Traumatic injuries that cause condylar fracture can cause growth
retardation resulting in marked facial asymmetry.
DIETARY PROBLEMS
Nutritional deficiencies during growth may result in abnormal
development, causing malocclusion. These diseases are more
common in the developing countries than in the developed
world. Nutrition related disturbances such as rickets, scurvy and
beriberi can produce severe malocclusion and may upset the
dental developmental timetable.
POSTURE
Poor postural habits are said to be a cause for
malocclusion. Although not substantiated, they may be
associated with abnormal pressure and muscle imbalance
thereby increasing the risk of malocclusion.

ACCIDENTS AND TRAUMA

Children are highly prone to injuries of the dento-facial region
during the early years of life when they learn to crawl, walk or
during play. Most of these injuries go unnoticed and may be
responsible for non-vital teeth that do not resorb and deflection
of erupting permanent teeth into abnormal positions.
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