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Impact of malocclusion on oral health-related quality of life among schoolchildren

Abstract The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence and impact of malocclusion on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among schoolchildren aged 8 to 10 years and their parents in Diamantina, a town in the southeast of Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample o...

Normative need for orthodontic treatment and perception of the need for such treatment among Brazilian adolescents

ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the normative need for orthodontic treatment and the perception of such need among students aged 11-14 years. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 346 students, randomly selected from public and private school...

AVALIAÇÃO OBJETIVA E SUBJETIVA DA NECESSIDADE DE TRATAMENTO ORTODÔNTICO DO ADOLESCENTE E SEU IMPACTO SOBRE A AUTOESTIMA

Rev. paul. pediatr; 35 (1), 2017
RESUMO Objetivo: Verificar a presença de associação entre a avaliação objetiva e subjetiva da necessidade de tratamento ortodôntico em adolescentes e seu impacto na autoestima. Métodos: Estudo transversal com adolescentes de 10 a 17 anos da cidade de Sri Ganganagar, Rajastão, Índia. Foi util...

Autopercepção da criança e do adolescente em relação à má oclusão e sua motivação para o tratamento ortodôntico

Objetivo: Comparar a autopercepção da criança e do adolescente em relação à má oclusão e sua motivação ao tratamento ortodôntico. Material e métodos: A amostra de 216 jovens foi dividida em dois grupos: Grupo 1 (136 crianças com idade entre 8 e 10,9 anos) e Grupo 2 (80 adolescentes de 11 a 1...

Tratamiento ortodóntico invisible mediante invisalign: revisión de literatura basada en evidencia
Treatment orthodontic invisible using invisalign: review of literature based on evidence

Evid. odontol. clín; 2 (2), 2016
La técnica Invisalign creada para satisfacer las necesidades estéticas de pacientes adultos que se niegan a tratamientos convencionales. Este novedoso tratamiento inició con el Dr. Kesling en 1945, recibiendo posterior impulso con Ponitz y McNamara. El sistema de invisalign, el cual ha surgido en los ...

Judging orthodontic treatment complexity

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate possible relations between anticipated overall treatment complexity (AOTC) of an orthodontic case and malocclusion characteristics. Methods: Two groups of orthodontists (groups A and B) were asked to define perceived treatment complexity (PTC) ...

Prevalencia de Maloclusión y necesidad de tratamiento ortodóntico en niños con dentición mixta en cuatro centros escolares utilizando el índice de estética dental durante el año 2015

Objetivo: Establecer la prevalencia de Maloclusión y la necesidad de tratamiento ortodóntico en 766 niños con dentición mixta en cuatro centros escolares. Metodología: Estudio descriptivo de corte transversal, realizado en los Centros Escolares República de Uruguay y Fernando Llort de San Salvador ...

Self-perceived need for dental treatment and related factors. A cross-sectional population-based study

Braz. oral res. (Online); 30 (1), 2016
Abstract This study compared adolescents' self-perceived need for orthodontic treatment with the normative need for such treatment and investigated associations between socioeconomic and demographic variables and self-perceptions of dental malocclusion. This cross-sectional study involved 1015 schoolchil...

Validación interna de modelo predictivo creado mediante nueva metodología aplicable en la atención primaria de salud

Medicentro (Villa Clara); 19 (4), 2015
Introducción: los modelos predictivos sirven de apoyo a la toma de decisiones en salud pública. Como parte del desarrollo de estos modelos, se debe contar con alguna forma de validación interna que permita cuantificar el optimismo en su desempeño predictivo. Para esta validación, se utiliza el mismo...

Malocclusion prevalence and orthodontic treatment need in central Anatolian adolescents compared to European and other nations' adolescents

Abstract Objective: To determine the prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment need in a large sample of Central Anatolian adolescents and compare them with European-other nations' adolescents. Methods: The sample included 1125 boys and 1204 girls aged between 12 and 16 years with no previous ...