Prevalence and predictors of immediate treatment need for anterior crossbite in primary dentition: a Baby ROMA study
Farah M. Babakurd, Khaled Omar, Mayssoon Dashash · 2026
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Farah Babakurd and colleagues examine thousands of preschoolers in Damascus for a bite fault that can warp jaw growth, in this study from twenty twenty-six. The fault is anterior crossbite, where upper front teeth bite behind the lower ones. Using the Baby ROMA index, they graded each case by how urgently it needs an orthodontist.
Of two thousand seven hundred children aged three to five, about one in six had the fault. Six in ten of those cases rated as needing immediate treatment, and the rest for watching only. Boys and girls were affected equally, though the picture changed with age. The upper lateral incisors were the teeth most often involved, and their involvement, plus canine involvement and left-sided cases, best predicted the urgent grade. The authors urge screening in kindergarten, since early treatment heads off worse bite and bone problems.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Farah M. Babakurd, Khaled Omar, Mayssoon Dashash |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |