Table 2.

Prevalence of malocclusions in the total sample according to the level of need for orthodontic treatment.

Malocclusion	N (%)	Treatment need-DHC			P value
		No/little	Moderate	Definite
		N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Increased overjet (>3.5 mm)	145 (36.3)	69 (47.5)	33 (22.8)	43 (29.7)	0.036∗
Contact point displacements (>1 mm)	216 (54.0)	47 (21.8)	80 (37.0)	89 (41.2)	0.000∗
Increased overbite (>3.5)	105 (26.3)	39 (37.1)	32 (30.5)	34 (32.4)	0.001∗
Crossbite	91 (22.8)	16 (17.6)	31 (34.1)	44 (48.3)	0.000∗

*Significant difference in chi-square test with 95% confidence interval.