Table 4.

Various studies in India for assessment of prevalence of malocclusion.

Study by	Year	Sample age	Region	Prevalence %
Shourie	1942	13–16	Punjab	50
Shaikh	1960	6–13	Bombay	68
Miglani	1963	15–25	Madras	19.6
Shaik & Desai	1966	07–21	Bombay	72.9
Sidhu	1968	6–30	Delhi	90
Jacob	1969	12–15	Trivandrum	44.97
Prasad & Savadi	1971	5–15	Bangalore	85.7
Arya	1976	5–28	Nagpur	96.5
Nagraja Rao	1980	5–15	Udupi	28.8
Gardiner J H	1989	10–12	South Canara	42
Jalili	1989	6–14	Mandu district	14.4
Kharbanda	1991	5–13	Delhi	10–18
Dhar	2007	8–14	Udaipur	30–40
Shivkumar	2009	12–15	Davangere	20