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- ÍtemAcceso AbiertoPrevalencia de maloclusiones en escolares de 12 años de unidades educativas Azogues centro(Universidad Católica de Cuenca., 2020) Rojas Espinoza, Jinna Gabriela; Ramírez, Mariela; 1104735608; ., .AIM: The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of malocclusions in 12year-old schoolchildren in the educational units of Azogues centro 2019. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive, observational and cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out. 303 12-year-old schoolchildren from the educational units of Azogues center were examined, the presence of malocclusions was evaluated using the Angle classification, as well as the presence of crowding, diastemas, crossbite, open bite. The data were entered into the Epi-Info program, later they were tabulated and the final results were obtained, sent through descriptive statistics. RESULTS: It was determined that the prevalence of malocclusion in both the female and male sex was 47.85%. Regarding the malocclusion according to Angle, the most characteristic occlusal feature was the Sagittal malocclusion, class I with 26.73%. In this epidemiological study it was concluded that there is a high prevalence of malocclusions, showing that it is a predominant disease in the group studied.