The effects of personality and self-consciousness on the orthodontic compliance of adolescents / 实用口腔医学杂志

Objective: To study the effects of psychological variables on orthodontic compliance of adolescents.Methods:Prior to orthodontic treatment,60 adolescent patients received two questionnaires for the analysis of their personality(EPQ) and self-consciousness.The compliance of the patients was evaluated at each visit and 6 months after the beginning of treatment by orthodontists.Results:The outgoing personality and the high self-consciousness significantly predicted good orthodontic compliance of the adolescent patients in the treatment(P

The effect of the improved maxillary biteplate on the width of mandibular arch / 实用口腔医学杂志

0.05) respectively. The width of mandibular arch in the treated subjects increased more than that in the controls(P