Assessment of gender disparity in orthodontic treatment need among patients attending Islamic international dental hospital

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to compare the orthodontic treatment need among male and female patients attending Islamic International Dental Hospital, Islamabad [I.I.D.H]. Different studies had been conducted to determine the orthodontic treatment need in Pakistan but so far no individual study had been done to compare orthodontic treatment need on basis of gender. Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need [IOTN] was used on a sample of 200 patients [100 male, 100 female] at Islamic International Dental Hospital, Islamabad Pakistan, to evaluate the need for orthodontic treatment. Using SPSS version 10.0 data was analyzed. Result showed that 36% of female patients and 41% of male patients needed definite orthodontic treatment according to DHC whereas 12.5% of female patients and 23.5% of male patients were needed definite orthodontic treatment according to AC. Greater percentage of males was found in definite treatment need than females [p =0.005] according to AC whereas DHC showed insignificant difference among males and females for definite treatment need [p =0.133]