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Why Malocclusion so Prevalent?

It is easy to see that the progressive reduction in jaw


size, if not well matched to a decrease in tooth size and
number, could lead to crowding and malalignment. It is less
easy to see why dental crowding should have increased
quite recently, but this seems to have paralleled the transition
from primitive agricultural to modern urbanized societies.
Cardiovascular disease and related health problems
appear rapidly when a previously unaffected population
group leaves agrarian life for the city and civilization. High
blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and several other
medical problems are so much more prevalent in developed
than underdeveloped countries that they have been labeled
"diseases of civilization." There is some evidence that malocclusion
increases within well-defined populations after a
transition from rural villages to the city

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