Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5937/sejodr6-23978
Reasons for seeking orthodontic treatment in Lahore population: A cross-sectional survey in a low-income country
Faiz Rasul
Muhammad Waheed ul Hamid
Mehwish Tariq
Zainab Rizvi
Muhammad Ilyas
Shabbir Hussain Shah
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Poor esthetics, dysfunction and discomfort are the key reasons for seeking orthodontic treatment across the world as
reported by many researchers. This paper presents the causative factor for seeking orthodontic treatment in the patients who are
visiting Punjab Dental Hospital of a populous city Lahore (de' Montmorency College of Dentistry) in local settings and associating
these reasons with demographic characteristics.
Objective: Aim of this cross-sectional survey was to explore the reasons for seeking orthodontic treatment among individuals who are visiting PDH.
Materials and methods: This study was carried out in Punjab Dental Hospital (PDH) after the approval of the Institutional Review Board
(IRB) on a sample of 98 individuals having malocclusion assessed with Angle's classification of the malocclusion. We chose simple random
sampling. A self-structure questionnaire was designed to get data by the principal investigator after taking verbal and written consent.
Descriptive statistics were calculated using SPSS 21. Chi-square test of association was applied to associate reasons with different demographic
variables. P-value <0.05 was taken as significant.
Results: Female respondents were more in number than males. Around one-third of respondents (30.6 %) had a monthly income of less
than 25000 PKR ($ 170). Esthetics was the primary reason for seeking orthodontic treatment. The most common type of malocclusion
was the Class II malocclusion. Statistically significant factors that emerged in this study that turned into reasons for seeking orthodontic
treatment were hurdles in marriage, referral by a general dentist, motivation by parents, self-esteem and speech problems.
Conclusion: In conclusion, patients seek orthodontic treatment mainly to enhance facial esthetics and self-confidence, motivation by the
parents, and social acceptability.
Keywords
orthodotnic treatment; esthetics; treatment need;
Hrčak ID:
227770
URI
Publication date:
24.10.2019.
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