BACKGROUND To assess the prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment need among adolescents using the dental health component (DHC) of the index of orthodontic treatment need (IOTN). METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 500 (mean age 16.25 ± 1.09) adolescents randomly selected from the northern border region of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The northern border region...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to evaluate the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics in undergraduate students in the People's Republic of China and to investigate the association between normal orthodontic treatment needs, psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics, and desire for orthodontic treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in two universit...

The aims of the present study were to compare rankings of dental aesthetics and the threshold at which orthodontic treatment would be sought among patients, parents, and dentists. A prospective cross-sectional study was designed to address these aims. The study sample comprised 100 patients and parents and 23 dental specialists. The patients were equally divided between males and females and th...

Background: To correlate the need for orthodontic treatment between self-perception of Chilean adolescents from 14 to 18 years old with observation a dentist using same assessment scale, as well determine if covariates such gender, age and type school influence adolescent examiner. Material Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study aged public, subsidized private schools in Temuco, Chile. The ...

statement of the problem malocclusion is a developmental problem, which results in social, psychological and functional problems for patients purpose the aim of this study was to evaluate the need for orthodontic treatment using the index of orthodontic treatment need (iotn) among the 11‒14-year-old students of hamadan schools in 2010 and to find the correlation between dental health component ...

AIM The aim of this study was to validate the ROMA (Risk Of Malocclusion Assessment) Index, verifying both its reproducibility and its ability to determine treatment priority. MATERIALS AND METHODS The levels of treatment priority assessed for 75 children examined at the Gemelli General Hospital Orthodontic Service (Rome) ranged from grade 3 to grade 5 of the index. Multivariate analysis was ...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Assessment of orthodontic treatment need and demand helps in planning orthodontic services and estimating the required resources and man power. The aim of this study was to assess the orthodontic treatment need and demand and to assess the association between the orthodontic treatment demand and factors such as ITON, gender, and age. MATERIALS AND METHODS Treatment nee...

INTRODUCTION Traditionally, orthodontic treatment focuses on normative criteria, though psychosocial dimension has equal importance. The aim of the study was to evaluate impact malocclusion among patient seeking using dental aesthetics questionnaire (PIDAQ). MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional conducted in Department Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, UCMS during period July 2021 Dec ...