“…The number of decayed (presence of cavitated lesion), missing, and filled teeth was recorded for primary and permanent teeth. The presence/absence of malocclusion was identified according to the following criteria: the presence of overjet (increased/protrusion, anterior crossbite, absent), overbite (increased/deep bite, anterior open bite, absent, top), and posterior crossbite [25,29,30]. The presence of gingivitis was recorded based on the analysis of the contour and color of the gingiva [31].…”