Parviz Padisar; Roya Naseh; Mohammad Jalilvand
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Aim: Assessment of patient's motivations requesting orthodontic treatment can help clinicians in meeting the needs and expectations of patients and attain a successful treatment result.Objective: The present study was carried out in 2008 to provide data regarding motives of patients coming to specialized ...
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Aim: Assessment of patient's motivations requesting orthodontic treatment can help clinicians in meeting the needs and expectations of patients and attain a successful treatment result.Objective: The present study was carried out in 2008 to provide data regarding motives of patients coming to specialized orthodontic clinics of Qazvin for treatment.Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, 300 patients aged 12 years old and more (27.3% males, 72.7% females, the mean age: 19.61 years) were studied. Age, gender, parents’ level of education, and father’s occupation, motives for improving teeth and face components; and the location of pain and discomfort were evaluated. The correlation between motives and different socioeconomic factors were assessed using Spearman and Pearson correlation coefficients.
Results: Alignment of the anterior teeth was the most frequent motive regarding the teeth (89.3%). However, for face components ,it was improving teeth and gingival view during smiling (18.7%). Significant correlations were noted between patients' gender and motivation to align anterior teeth (p<0.009), movement of the lip (p<0.01), change of the nose length (p<0.002) and position (p<0.03) while females had higher motivation for these changes. As mothers’ level of education increased, the motivation to change the height of anterior teeth (p<0.03), improving the teeth and gingival appearance during smiling (p<0.001), decreasing the lip or chin tension in the closure of the lips (p<0.05) and decreasing the prominence or width of the mandible toward the mouth (p<0.01) decreased significantly. Conclusion: Alignment of anterior teeth and improving the teeth or gingival appearance during smiling were found to be major motives for requesting orthodontic treatments.
Roya Naseh; Parviz Padisar; Alireza Mehralian
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Aim: Occlusal indices used to determine orthodontic treatment needs cannot include the patients’ perception about their need for orthodontic treatment. That is why in some cases, these indices show that a particular patient needs orthodontic treatment while the patient feels no such need. This ...
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Aim: Occlusal indices used to determine orthodontic treatment needs cannot include the patients’ perception about their need for orthodontic treatment. That is why in some cases, these indices show that a particular patient needs orthodontic treatment while the patient feels no such need. This study was carried out to compare normative and self-perceived orthodontic treatment needs of 11-14 year-old school children.Materials and Methods: In a descriptive cross-sectional study 250 children of 11 to 14 years old were selected randomly. The scores of the Aesthetic Component (AC) of IOTN, were determined by specialist and the children themselves. The Dental Health Component (DHC) of IOTN was also assessed. Statistical analysis used: correlations between the AC of the patient, AC of the specialist and DHC of the specialist were assessed using Spearman’s rho correlation coefficient.
Results: The mean of patient’s AC and specialist’s AC were 2.556 and 4.308, respectively, while the mean of specialist’s DHC was 2.60. The correlation coefficient between patient’s AC and specialist’s AC was 0.281, between specialist’s AC and DHC was0.549 and between patient’s AC and DHC was 0.210. The highest correlation was seen between specialist’s AC and DHC and the lowest correlation was seen between patient’s AC and DHC.Conclusion: The significant positive relation between the AC indices and the DHC indicates their ability to determine the need for orthodontic treatment. The highest need for orthodontic treatment was determined by specialist’s AC and the lowest was patient’s AC.