Comparison of oral hygiene instructions given by orthodontists and general dental practitioners to patients seeking orthodontic treatment

ABSTRACT

Oral Hygiene Instructions play a vital role in an orthodontic treatment to be successful. The purpose of this short term randomized study was to evaluate how much the orthodontists and general dental practitioners were aware about giving proper oral hygiene instructions to the patients undergoing orthodontic treatment and the level of patients' compliance. The results showed that the orthodontists and general dental practitioners considering it an obligation, gave proper oral hygiene instructions to their orthodontic patients to which the patients compliance was not good