Assessment of dental malocclusion and soft-tissue features among children with special needs in the Western UP region: A cross-sectional study.

Aims: Assessment of dental malocclusion and soft-tissue features among children with special needs and their correlation with normal children.

Subjects And Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 128 children (63 special health-care needs children and 65 normal children), between 8 and 18 years of age. Two special schools (Vatsalya and Jeevandhara) were included in the study for case group and two local schools (one government and one private) were included in the study for control group.