Objective: The current study was aimed to assess the psychological impact in terms of self-esteem due to malocclusion among teenagers and to determine the incidence of severity of malocclusion among teenagers

Method: This was survey based descriptive crossectional study conducted in the department of orthodontics in a private dental teaching hospital of Lahore. Data was collected from the patients coming to orthodontic department for treatment. Sample size was 130 patients who required orthodontic treatment between ages ranging from 13years of age to 18 years of age. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25. Frequencies and percentages were calculated as descriptive statistic.

Results: Data was segregated according to the IOTN divisions according to which mild/little treatment was required for 18.46% participants, moderate treatment was required for 31.54% participants, severe treatment was required for 35.38% participants and extreme treatment was required for 14.62% participants. Majority of participants were reported low self-esteem due to the malocclused teeth.

Conclusion: The occurrence and severity of dental malocclusions has an adverse psychological impact among teenagers.

Keywords: Dental Malocclusion, Psychological impact, Self-esteem, IOTN