Malocclusion and Periodontal health

Title: Malocclusion and Periodontal healthAim & Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to find out the available evidence which correlates the relationship between malocclusion and periodontal disease.Methodology: Literature search was conducted using an electronic search and a hand search. Databases were searched for the past 10 years of publications including: clinical human studies either randomized or not cohort studies case control studies and animal research. Exclusion criteria were any meta-analysis review articles as well as any comment or unpublished data. After screening of the records 15 articles were considered relevant to the topic to find out the correlation between the two.Results: Out of the 15 articles 12 studies identified a positive association between malocclusion and periodontal disease whereas 3 studies did not find any detrimental effect of malocclusion on periodontal health.