Limitations Of The Classic Angle System For Malocclusion

Limitations Of The Classic Angle System For Malocclusion

Write short note on the drawbacks of Angle’s classification.
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Write short note on disadvantages of Angle’s classification.
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Write short answer on drawbacks of Angle’s classification of malocclusion.
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Drawbacks of Angle’s classification

• Does not consider malocclusion in transverse and vertical planes. Angle considered only sagittl dimension.
• Angle considered the fist permanent molar as fied point of skull, but this is not found to be so.
• The classifiation cannot be applied if the fist permanent molars are missing or extracted.
• This classifiation cannot be applied in deciduous dentition.
• Does not differentiate between skeletal and dental malocclusion.
• Does not diffrentiate between true and pseudo class III malocclusion.
• Growth of bones and muscle malfunction were overlooked. They influence position of molars.
• Etiology of malocclusion is unknown.
• Only static occlusion is considered by Angle’s classification.