Background Evaluating the need and assessing severity of problem help in concluding actual for orthodontic treatment. Many indices had been developed over years this purpose, one most used is IOTN. This study was carried out assessment grade treatment difficulty utilizing IOTN index patients seeking at King Abdulaziz Dental Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Random casts digital photos residents’ we...

Objective. To evaluate the prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment needs among 12- to 15-year-old schoolchildren in eastern Nepal and compare the findings with those of other populations. Methods. Two thousand seventy-four children (1149 males and 925 females) aged between 12 and 15 years were evaluated. Their orthodontic treatment need was assessed using the Index of Orthodontic T...

BACKGROUND The objectives for this study were to assess Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) in young people aged 15-25 who sought orthodontic treatment, and to measure the association between orthodontic treatment need (using the IOTN), sex, age and education level, and oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL). METHODS Survey of a consecutive series of 323 young adults aged 15 to...

OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to determine the orthodontic treatment need in adolescent Kuwaitis, adjusting for treatment experience and acquired need due to mesial migration or loss of the first molars, and to assess the orthodontic manpower requirements. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A population-based sample of 753 boys and 728 girls, representing about 7% of all 13- to 14-year-old Kuwaitis, was examin...

UNLABELLED It is important that resources for orthodontic treatment within the Health Service Executive (HSE) are directed towards those children most in need of treatment. At present, children are referred using existing HSE guidelines. OBJECTIVES To assess the level of treatment need in a sample of patients on the orthodontic waiting list in the North Eastern division of the HSE using the I...

Background/Aim: The aim of the research is to assess psychosocial impact malocclusion, determine relationship with degree need for orthodontic treatment, and influence gender on this in adolescents. Material Methods: A total 100 subjects, aged 12 18, participated research. subjects had no previous treatment. assessment treatment was performed using Index Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN), namel...

AIM This study had two main goals: the evaluation of caries experience in permanent teeth and the analysis of malocclusion prevalence. STUDY DESIGN Observational cross-sectional survey. METHODS The sample consisted of all the 5th graders of 'Gio Leonardo di Bona', the only Public School in Cutro, a small urban area in Southern Italy (10,000 inhabitants). The clinical examination was perform...

This study was carried out to assess the self-perception of dental appearance among Saudi adolescents in Qassim province using aesthetic component (AC) index orthodontic treatment need (IOTN) compare it with an orthodontist’s rating and whether age gender had any influence on it. A sample 600 randomly selected school comprising 297 (49.5%) males 303 (50.5%) females range 12–17 years old were in...