Orthodontic treatment need for Brazilian schoolchildren: a study using the Dental Aesthetic Index [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To determine the normative orthodontic treatment need among 12-year-old Brazilian schoolchildren, in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and compare with the need as perceived by the children themselves and their parents or
Anderson Barbosa de Almeida +1 more
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Maloclusiones según el Dental Aesthetic Index en estudiantes de séptimo grado
Introducción: con la reducción de la caries dental en adolescentes la atención se ha dirigido hacia otros problemas como las maloclusiones, que son el resultado de la anormalidad morfológica y funcional de los componentes óseos, musculares y dentarios y ...
Iraida María Pino Román +4 more
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Aesthetic components of index of orthodontic treatment need in Serbian adolescents [PDF]
Background/Aim. The biggest motivating factor for undertaking orthodontic treatment is poor dental aesthetics as a consequence of occlusal abnormalities.
Ilić Jana +4 more
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Assessment of Different Orthodontic Treatment Need Indices
Objective: To determine the orthodontic treatment need indices in the adolescents. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Orthodontics Department, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Dec 2019 ...
Muzna Hameed +5 more
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Dental Aesthetic Index scores and perception of personal dental appearance among Turkish university students [PDF]
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Turkish university students' awareness of malocclusion, their satisfaction with their personal dental appearance, and the severity of their occlusal irregularities. The sample consisted of 841 randomly selected university students, 522 (62.1 per cent) males and 319 (37.9 per cent ...
Hamamci, Nihal +2 more
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Evaluation of Orthodontic Treatment Need—An Ethnic and Gender Prospective
Introduction: Index for Orthodontic Treatment Need is a widely used index to assess the orthodontic treatment need among various populations. Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare orthodontic treatment needs of Nepali among gender and ...
Rajiv Yadav +2 more
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Aesthetic Parameters and Patient-Perspective Assessment Tools for Maxillary Anterior Single Implants
Background. This review aimed to concisely describe the current aesthetic objective indices for a single-implant maxillary anterior crown. The secondary aim was to propose introducing a unified, standardized questionnaire for adequately collecting ...
Kelvin I. Afrashtehfar +2 more
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Predicting refractive index of fluoride containing glasses for aesthetic dental restorations [PDF]
Dental restoration aesthetics, particularly the translucency of modern dental restorative filling materials depends on the refractive index (RI) match between the different components in the material. In the case of dental composites (DC), the RI of the polymer must match the RI of the filler otherwise the material is optically opaque and has limited ...
Duminis, T +3 more
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Background The use of psychological testing to indicate the potential for dissatisfaction with dental treatment has many potential patient and clinician benefits but has been rarely investigated.
James Dudley +2 more
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Dental Aesthetic Index among Nepalese Orthodontic Patients
Introduction: Orthodontic indices are used for the assessment of malocclusion, its severity level, and treatment need. Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) is a simple, valid and reliable index commonly used for epidemiological survey and initial screening of the orthodontic patients.Objective: To evaluate the frequency and severity of malocclusion and ...
Sujita Shrestha +3 more
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