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Need for Orthodontic Treatment in Pupils Aged between 12 and 15 in the Valencian Region (Spain)
2021
The World Health Organization recommends carrying out periodic epidemiological studies in order to provide a basis for the evaluation of the state of health of the population at any given time
Orthodontic treatment need in a Spanish young adult population
2011
Objectives: Orthodontic treatment need has often been assessed in child populations, but few studies employing internationally-recognized indices have been conducted in adult or young adult populations. The aim of this study was to determine the orthodontic treatment need of a young adult population in Spain by means of the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI), the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) and the need perceived by the patients. Study design: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted in a broad, representative sample of 671 adults aged between 35 and 44 years using health centers in the Valencia Region of Spain, following the recommendations of the World Health Organiz…
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…
Comparative Study of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQL) between Different Types of Orthodontic Treatment
2021
Background and objectives: Although the main objective of any orthodontic treatment is to correct malocclusion, a range of psychosocial and/or esthetic factors drive patients to undergo orthodontic treatment. The aim of the present study was to analyze variations in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQL) levels in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment by means of four types of appliances: fixed buccal metal brackets, fixed buccal esthetic/ceramic brackets, fixed lingual brackets, and clear aligners. Material and Methods: The study sample comprised 120 patients aged 18 to 68 years who attended the Orthodontic department at the Dental Clinic of the University of Valencia. The Index o…
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…
Orthodontic treatment need of 9, 12 and 15 year-old children according to the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need and the Dental Aesthetic Index
2016
To assess the differences in occlusal features in three cohorts at 9, 12 and 15 years of age, and compare orthodontic treatment need measured by the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) and Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN).Cross-sectional study.School of Dentistry, University of Valencia.A total of 1086 children: 321 aged 9, 397 aged 12 and 368 aged 15.Children were examined to measure their orthodontic treatment need according to IOTN and DAI. The main outcome measure was orthodontic treatment need according to the DAI and IOTN indices.Overbite and inter-incisal diastema were the occlusal features that presented significant differences between the three groups, diminishing with age. Trea…
Ortodontiskās ārstēšanas nepieciešamības indeksa (IONT) izmantošana minētajiem Latvijas iedzīvotājiem
2020
Priekšvēsture: Ortodontiskos indeksus visā pasaulē izmanto, lai noteiktu pacientu ortodontisko stāvokli. Visā pasaulē netiek izmantots vienots standarts. Viens no populārākajiem ortodontiskajiem indeksiem ir ortodontiskās ārstēšanas nepieciešamības indekss (IOTN) un Engla klasifikācija (Han & Davidson, 2001).Ortodontiskie indeksi palīdz noteikt nepareizu sakodienu un nosaka pacienta ortodontisko stāvokli. Tas nozīmē, ka ārstēšanā prioritāte tiek piešķirta tiem, kam tā vispirms nepieciešama, un tas palīdz pamatoti un taisnīgi sadalīt resursus (Tang, 1993).Papildus šiem aspektiem, kas saistīti ar cilvēku nepareiza sakodiena izvērtējumu, tie palīdz arī iz…