The influence of parents on the compliance of adolescent patients undergoing orthodontic treatment / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

626 adolescent patients undergoing orthodontic treatment were divided into 4 groups according to the oral health score and ap-pointment score.(1)The score in highly educated two-parent family is higher than that in highly educated single-parent family,and the score of oral hygiene in highly educated family is higher than that in lowly educated family(P <0.05).(2)There is no statistical difference between two-parent family and single-parent family in oral hygiene when they have equal educational background.