Bolton ratio in subjects with normal occlusion and malocclusion

verify the presence of Bolton anterior and total discrepancy in Brazilian individuals with natural normal occlusion and Angles Class I and Class II, division 1 malocclusions. Methods: The sample was divided in three groups (n=35 each): natural normal occlusion; Class I malocclusion; Class II, division 1 malocclusion. Of the 105 Caucasian Brazilian individuals, 24 were boys and 81 were girls aged from 13 to 17 years and 4 months. The mesiodistal width of the maxillary and mandibular teeth, from the left first molar to the right first molar, was measured on each pre-treatment dental plaster cast using a digital caliper accurate to 0.01 mm resolution. Values were tabulated and the Bolton ratio was applied. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to verify if data were normally distributed (p>0.2). For comparison between the values obtained and those from the Bolton standard, Students t test was used and one-way ANOVA was used for comparisons among the 3 groups, with a significance level of 5% (p