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Neus Puertes-fernández

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Cross-sectional study of malocclusion in Spanish children

2013

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the orthodontic treatment need of the child population of the Valencia region of Spain, employing the DAI and the IOTN, to examine the relations between treatment need, socio-economic data and gender and to assess the diagnostic agreement between the two indices. Study Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in a random representative sample of the schoolchild population of the Valencia region of Spain. The sample size was a total of 765 children aged 12 and 15 years at 39 schools. Results: The orthodontic treatment need assessed by the DAI was 21.7% at 12 years of age and 14.1% at 15 years. The orthodontic treatment need a…

MaleIndex of Orthodontic Treatment NeedAdolescentCross-sectional studyPopulationDentistryOdontologíamedicineHumansChildeducationGeneral DentistryHealth Services Needs and Demandeducation.field_of_studyOral Medicine and Pathologybusiness.industryResearch:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]medicine.diseaseCiencias de la saludCross-Sectional StudiesOtorhinolaryngologySpainSample size determinationChild populationUNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICASFemaleSurgeryMalocclusionbusinessMalocclusionTreatment need
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Orthodontic treatment need in a 12-year-old population in the Western Sahara.

2010

The aim of this study was to establish orthodontic treatment need according to the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) and Aesthetic Component (AC) and Dental Health Component (DHC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) and to determine its association with gender among Saharan schoolchildren. The study was carried out in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for oral health surveys at 12 years of age. The sample comprised 248 Sahrawi children (135 girls and 113 boys) living in refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria. None of the children had previously received any orthodontic treatment. A chi-square test was used to analyse the IOTN results by gender, and a Studen…

MaleIndex of Orthodontic Treatment NeedPopulationDentistryOrthodonticsOral healthEsthetics DentalWorld healthSex FactorsAfrica NorthernSex factorsMedicineHumanseducationChildeducation.field_of_studyRefugeesSchool age childbusiness.industryDental healthReproducibility of Resultsmedicine.diseaseCalibrationFemaleMalocclusionbusinessTreatment needMalocclusionNeeds AssessmentEuropean journal of orthodontics
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