Orthodontic treatment need in 13 - 30 years patients by using the index of orthodontic treatment need
Pakistan Oral and Dental Journal. 2010; 30 (1): 108-114
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-98532
ABSTRACT
To evaluate the orthodontic treatment need a study was conducted at orthodontic department of Islamic International Dental Hospital [IIDH]. Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need [IOTN] was applied in a sample of 300 patients. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 10.0. Out of 300 subjects 114 were males and 186 females with mean age of 18 +/- 4.8 years were reported. Dental Health Component showed 19% [Grade 5], 57% [Grade 4], 18% [Grade 3], 5% [Grade 2] and 2% [Grade1] results respectively and Aesthetic Component showed percentages as 31.66% [Scale 1-4], 32% [Scale 5-7] and 36.3% [Scale 8-10]. Strong association was found between aesthetic component and dental health component [p=.000]. According to Dental Health Component 75% of the population was found to be in definite treatment need and only 36.3% of the population was in definite treatment need according to Aesthetic Component. No significant gender difference was found for treatment need
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Cross-Sectional Studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Dental Health Services
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Esthetics, Dental
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Health Services Needs and Demand
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Pak. Oral Dent. J.
Year:
2010
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