Posterior Cross bite Prevalence on Basis of Gender

Abstract

The aim of article was to evaluate the prevalence of posterior cross bite based on gender. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 100 patients out of which 50 were male patients and 50 were female patients in Orthodontics Department, Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore. Clinical examination of 100 patients and analysis of their diagnostic casts was also performed. SPSS version 21.0 was used for data analysis. The results concluded that 32% of the patients had posterior cross bite. Out of the 32% posterior cross bite patients 34.4 % were male patients while 65.6% were female patients. The study showed that prevalence of posterior cross bite was more in females than males.