Table 2.

Distributions of occlusal characteristics between genders.

		Male	Female	Total	%	P
Malocclusion	Cl I	116	44	160	75	0.878
	Cl II	19	8	27	13	0.945
	Cl III	14	4	18	8	0.785
	Not groupped	6	2	8	4	1.000
	Total	155	58	213	100
Overbite	normal	32	19	51	23.9	0.035*
	deepbite	67	15	82	38.4	0.028*
	openbite	36	14	50	23.4	0.738
	Total	135	48	183	85.9
Openbite	anterior openbite	30	5	35	16.4	0.143
	posterior openbite	5	4	9	4.2	0.065
	ant+post openbite	5	1	6	2.8	1.000
	Total	40	10	50	23.4
Severity of openbite	1–2 mm	51	9	60	28	0.483
	2–4mm	8	2	10	4.6	0.670
	4mm-	6	2	8	3.7	0.614
	Total	65	13	78	36.6
Transverse relationship	normal	110	38	148	69.4	0.208
	crossbite	5	3	8	2.3	0.449
	brodiebite	3	3	6	1.9	0.346
	Total	118	44	162	76
Crowding	slight	13	6	19	8.9	1.000
	moderate	6	2	8	3.7	0.695
	severe	10	7	17	18.3	0.645
	Total	29	15	44	20.6

*: P<.05,

**: P<.01