Master’s Degree Awarded for Researcher Zamzam ALEMAD from Faculty of Dentistry
Today, Thursday, Shaaban 8th, 1446H, February 2nd, 2025, the candidate researcher/
Zamzam Hamed Hezam ALEMAD
Obtained the Master degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with an Excellent average, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Sanaa University, for her Master’s thesis entitled:
Rate of Prevalence Skeletal Malocclusion
Among a Group of Yemeni Patients
Requiring Orthognatic Surgery
A Cohort Retrospective Study
The discussing committee consisted of:
♦ Assistant Professor Dr. Abdullah Hasan Thabet FARHAN, Principle Supervisor Committee Member,
♦ Assistant Professor Dr. Sam Abdul-Kareem DA’ER, Internal Examiner Committee Member, and
♦ Associate Professor Dr. Ahmed Saleh AL-KHATARI, External Examiner Head of Committee.
This Master’s thesis aims at assessing the prevalence of skeletal malocclusion amongst Yemeni cases requiring orthognatic surgery through lateral cephalometric radiograph analysis. It also aims at conducting epidemiological evaluation of skeletal malocclusion and orthognatic deformities within the Yemeni population. The study also compares gender-specific differences in the prevalence of skeletal Classes II and III malocclusion.
The study comes out with some results: Class II malocclusion is the most prevalent, followed by Class I, then Class III. Cases require orthognatic surgery for females who represent more than males because female cases exhibited a higher prevalence of skeletal malocclusion.
The researcher presents a number of recommendations at the end of this study: further investigation is yet in need, particularly on influence of genetic, environmental and socio-cultural factors. Yemeni patients requiring orthodontic surgery and intervention may get this done locally in Yemen rather than going abroad for— as Yemeni dentists become apt to do. Besides, mobilization and training are required amongst junior students and dentists; there is a necessity to determine the skeletal malocclusion.
Attendees of the viva session were a number of academics, researchers, interested students of the major, as well as the researcher’s colleagues and some of family members.
