Anomalies of occlusion predisposing to occlusal interference in children

The associations between different types of occlusal interference and of occlusal anomalies were studied in children 7, 11 and 15 years of age. Incisor and buccal crossbite and post-normal occlusions were positively related to large antero-posterior distance or lateral deviation between the retruded and intercuspal mandibular positions, and to nonworking side interference. There was a positive correlation between frontal open bite and nonworking side interference, while large overbite was negatively correlated. The correlations found were numerically small, indicating that other factors apart from those studies must be significantly involved in such occlusal interferences.