Table 2.
Prevalence and intensity of malocclusion-induced impacts
| Prevalence of impacts (n = 105) | Eating n (%) |
Speaking n (%) |
Cleaning n (%) |
Relaxing n (%) |
Smiling n (%) |
Emotional n (%) |
Studying n (%) |
Contact-people n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 (9.5) | 15(14.3) | 17(16.2) | 1(1) | 42(40) | 55(52.4) | 1 (1) | 13(12.4) | |
| Intensity of impacts ( n = 70) |
Eating
n (%) |
Speaking
n (%) |
Cleaning
n (%) |
Relaxing
n (%) |
Smiling
n (%) |
Emotional
n (%) |
Studying
n (%) |
Contact-people
n (%) |
| Very little | 0 (0) | 5 (33.3) | 6 (35.3) | 1 (100) | 10 (23.8) | 13 (23.6) | 1 (100) | 5 (38.5) |
| Little | 1 (10) | 2 (13.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.8) | 1 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Moderate | 4 (40) | 4 (26.7) | 10 (58.9) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (42.9) | 17 (30.9) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (38.5) |
| Severe | 0 (0) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.4) | 2 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Very severe | 5 (50) | 4 (26.7) | 1(5.8) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (26.2) | 22 (40.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (23.1) |