scholarly journals The Relationship between Orthodontic Treatment Need and Psychosocial Impact in University of Sumatera Utara Undergraduate Student

Author(s):  
Aditya Rachmawati ◽  
Dr. Erliera
2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruhi Nalcaci ◽  
Serhat Demirer ◽  
Firat Ozturk ◽  
Burcu A. Altan ◽  
Oral Sokucu ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of orthodontic malocclusion with periodontal status, dental caries, and sociodemographic status. Our study population consisted of a sample of 836 school children (384 male and 452 female, aged 11–14 years). Four experienced orthodontists and two experienced periodontists performed the clinical examinations. The Treatment Priority Index (TPI), Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN), decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) scores, and a questionnaire that surveyed socio-demographic status of students were used. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients were used to measure the association between variables. TPI scores showed that 36.4% of the students had normal occlusion, while 41.2% had slight, 15.7% had definite, 4% had severe, and 2.7% had very severe malocclusion. TPI values did not show any significant differences between pupils in different age, gender, socioeconomic status groups, and CPITN scores, whereas there was a significant relationship between TPI and DMFT scores. The orthodontic treatment need was not significantly correlated with CPITN or socio-demographic status; however, the correlation coefficient showed a significant relationship between TPI and DMFT scores.


2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chukwudi Ochi Onyeaso

Abstract Aim The aim of this retrospective analytical study was to assess the relationship between the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) and the Index of Complexity, Outcome, and Need (ICON) on the orthodontic treatment need and complexity in a group of Nigerian patients. Methods and Materials Fifty-six cases were randomly selected from the model storage of the orthodontic unit of the University College Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria. The ICON was used to assess the pre-treatment study models for orthodontic treatment need and complexity of the cases while the DAI was also used to assess the same cases for treatment need. Descriptive statistics as well as the non-parametric (Spearman Rank-Order and Pearson's Product Moment) correlations were used to analyze the data. Results The mean ICON and DAI scores were 67.38±19.63 (SD) and 42.27±12 .66 (SD), respectively. Both the ICON and DAI agreed that one (1.8%) case did not need treatment while 46 (82.1%) needed treatment. All the difficult and very difficult cases according to the ICON were assessed as needing treatment by the DAI with 18 (13.1%) out of 22 (39.3%) in the very difficult category belonging to the handicapping group where treatment was mandatory. In all positive significant correlations were recorded for the ICON and DAI scores. Conclusion The ICON and DAI showed favorable agreement when used to assess treatment needs through the use of study casts. The ICON could be a good substitute for the DAI in assessing pre-treatment needs of Nigerian patients. Citation Onyeaso CO. Orthodontic Treatment Complexity and Need in a Group of Nigerian Patients: The Relationship between the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) and the Index of Complexity, Outcome, and Need (ICON). J Contemp Dent Pract 2007 March;(8)3:037-044.


2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Settineri ◽  
Amelia Rizzo ◽  
Angela Ottanà ◽  
Marco Liotta ◽  
Carmela Mento

AbstractBackground:This correlational study explored the psychosocial aspects related to eating behavior in different age samples of adolescents in treatment from 0 to 60 months at the Clinic of Orthodontics and Dentistry of Messina, Messina, Italy. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between psychosocial impact, levels of self-esteem, and the possible connection with eating habits of adolescents under orthodontic treatment.Methods:Sixty-one adolescents, aged between 12 and 22 years (mean=15.6±2.8) participated to the study. Each adolescents was interviewed with the Eating Attitudes Test, the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, and the Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire.Results:Data did not show a direct connection between eating disorder and dental aesthetics, nevertheless, adolescents under orthodontic treatment, especially in the earliest phase of wearing braces, showed peculiar eating habits and underwent a higher psychological impact of dental aesthetics. Eating behaviors are strictly linked to global self-esteem. The processing of the results was made through the Student’s t-test and using Pearson’s correlation analysis.Conclusion:Increased knowledge of the psychological aspects involved in orthodontic treatment compliance may have positive effects in the relationship between adolescent patients and orthodontists. More attention should be paid to aspects that are often underestimated in clinical practice, thus, influencing the outcome of treatment and patient satisfaction, not only in terms of dental health, but also of mental health.


2013 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Papa Ibrahima Ngom ◽  
Pascaline Attebi ◽  
Joseph Samba Diouf ◽  
Khady Diop Ba ◽  
Alpha Badiane ◽  
...  

Le PIDAQ (Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire) est un instrument qui a été mis au point pour évaluer l’impact des dysmorphoses orthodontiques sur la qualité de vie. L’objectif de cette étude était d’adapter en langue française le questionnaire PIDAQ. Secondairement, une évaluation de ses propriétés psychométriques et de sa validité a été mise en œuvre. Les recommandations de Guillemin, et al. (1993) ont servi de base dans cette perspective. En particulier, les quatre étapes suivantes sont rigoureusement suivies : étape préparatoire, réunion d’expert, rétro-traduction et harmonisation. La version en français obtenue à la fin du processus d’adaptation, que nous avons convenu de nommer QIPEO, est testée sur un échantillon de 42 sujets (33 femmes et 9 hommes) âgés de 24,60 ± 8,66 ans. Les résultats montrent une excellente fiabilité du PIDAQ avec une cohérence interne des items qui constituent chacun des domaines variant de 0,67 pour les « préoccupations esthétiques » à 0,87 pour l’« impact social ». La reproductibilité des réponses données par 14 patients à deux évaluations différentes séparées de 15 jours est bonne pour les quatre domaines avec un coefficient intra-classe allant de 0,72 pour l’« impact social » à 0,90 pour la « perception esthétique ». Cette étude révèle aussi que le PIDAQ a un certain degré de validité pour cette population, les scores étant, d’une part, associés de façon significative à la perception qu’ont les patients de l’alignement de leurs dents et, d’autre part, avec la composante de santé dentaire de l’IOTN (Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need). Une étude de validation sur un échantillon plus grand et plus variée de sujets issus d’une population française est recommandée ainsi qu’une analyse de sa réactivité aux changements (traitement, récidives, etc.).


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