Table 2. Frequency of the types of malocclusion; Belo Horizonte; Brazil, 2015.
| Malocclusion | Frequency n (%) |
| Anterior crowding | |
| No crowding | 96 (35.6%) |
| One crowded segment | 107 (39.6%) |
| Two crowded segments | 67 (24.8%) |
| Anterior spacing | |
| No spacing | 51 (18.9%) |
| One segment with spacing | 119 (44.1%) |
| Two segments with spacing | 100 (37.0%) |
| Incisal diastema (mm) | |
| <2 | 227 (84.1%) |
| ≥2 | 43 (15.9%) |
| Larger anterosuperior irregularity (mm) | |
| <2 | 212 (78.5%) |
| ≥2 | 58 (21.5%) |
| Larger anteroinferior irregularity (mm) | |
| <2 | 213 (78.9%) |
| ≥2 | 57 (21.1%) |
| Maxillary anterior overjet (mm)1 | |
| <3 | 198 (73.3%) |
| ≥3 | 65 (24.0%) |
| Mandibular anterior overjet (mm) | |
| Absent | 247 (91.5%) |
| Present | 23 (8.5%) |
| Anterior open bite (mm) | |
| Absent | 250 (92.5%) |
| Present | 20 (7.5%) |
| Anteroposterior molar relationship | |
| Normal | 205 (75.9%) |
| One-half cusp | 65 (24.1%) |
Note: 1 Maxillary anterior overjet does not amount to 100% due to seven cases of anterior crossbite.