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. 2015 Sep;7(9):79-82.

Patient's Perceptions Regarding Orthodontic Needs and Satisfactory Level with the Procedure

Saibel Farishta  1
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Patient's Perceptions Regarding Orthodontic Needs and Satisfactory Level with the Procedure

Saibel Farishta. J Int Oral Health. 2015 Sep.

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Orthod. 2017 Mar;44(1):74. doi: 10.1080/14653125.2016.1275610. Epub 2017 Jan 12. J Orthod. 2017. PMID: 28079474 No abstract available.

Abstract

Background: In order to keep the patients satisfied with Orthodontic treatment and to address the growing concern among new orthodontic patients, this study was undertaken to evaluate patient's perceptions of their orthodontic treatment needs and the satisfactory level with the procedure.

Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of 362 patients who had received orthodontic treatment. Questionnaires included information factors that encouraged them to take orthodontic treatment, painful experience of orthodontic therapy, and also to know the effectiveness of the treatment. Student's t-test and ANOVA test were used to analyze results at P = 0.05.

Results: Most of the participants faced problems due to their dentition (60.2%), followed by mastication 23.6%. It was found that most of the study subjects were motivated by orthodontist to receive the treatment (29.7%). When the participants were asked about the complications faced by them during the procedure and the most common answer was a longer duration of the treatment (23.3%). Pain was also a common factor faced by the participants (15.9%). Significant results were seen according to gender and age.

Conclusion: The study concluded that problems in the dentition were the main factor to seek orthodontic treatment and most of the subjects were convinced by the specialist to undergo orthodontic therapy. Many problems faced during the treatment, but still majority gave a positive response to the treatment.

Keywords: Orthodontic experience; satisfaction; treatment needs.

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Conflicts of Interest: None

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Different reasons for undergoing orthodontic treatment
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Motivational factors for receiving orthodontic treatment.
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Frequency of different complications faced by patients during the treatment.
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