Background: Self-perceived orthodontic treatment need is strongly influenced by what perceived to be the esthetic norm amongst a community, and reluctance toward adolescents with clinically ascertained malocclusion may often due readily remediable factors. Of particular interest prevalence of such communities as probable indicator role diet genetics in establishing predominant clinical phenotyp...

AIM The aim of this study was to assess the orthodontic treatment needs of adolescents in Zagreb, Croatia, in relation to their orthodontic treatment history, caries experience and socio-demographic parameters. METHODS The study sample comprised 1,289 adolescents from 12 randomly selected public schools in Zagreb, Croatia. The subjects were 15-18 years old (mean age 16.3±1.4), and 51% of them...

.. Introduction: An increase for oral health care uptakes in Tanzanian through current surge of health insurance establishments has placed adult individuals to seek for orthodontic care which was nonexistent at their adolescent age. However, prevalence of malocclusion and magnitude of orthodontic treatment needs not known in Tanzanian adults. This study aimed to survey on the prevalence of malo...

statement of problem: fixed orthodontic appliances can interfere with removing bacterial plaques from dental surfaces which can ultimately lead to white spot formation. purpose: the aim of this study was to evaluate the quantity of white spots and areas of decalcification following fixed orthodontic treatment. materials and methods: a total of 100 patients undergoing or scheduled for fixed orth...

The aim of this study was to explore the association between signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and orthodontic treatment need in orthodontically untreated children and adolescents. One thousand five hundred and ninety-seven subjects aged 11-19 years, without previous orthodontic history, from sixteen randomly selected public schools in Zagreb, Croatia, were examined. Maloc...

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