Orthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey

The purpose of this research was to assess the orthodontic status and orthodontic treatment needs of 12- and 15-year-old schoolchildren in Greece, in relation to sociodemographic factors and parental education level. A total of 1102 12-year-old children and 1131 15-year-old adolescents across Greece...

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Auteurs principaux:	Ioulia-Maria Mylonopoulou, Iosif Sifakakis, Elias Berdouses, Katerina Kavvadia, Konstantinos Arapostathis, Constantine J. Oulis
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Publié:	MDPI AG 2021
Sujets:	malocclusion orthodontic status orthodontic treatment need modified IOTN Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cc48e27d20504465885973f6621f8a552021-11-25T17:48:22ZOrthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey10.3390/ijerph1822117901660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/cc48e27d20504465885973f6621f8a552021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11790https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601The purpose of this research was to assess the orthodontic status and orthodontic treatment needs of 12- and 15-year-old schoolchildren in Greece, in relation to sociodemographic factors and parental education level. A total of 1102 12-year-old children and 1131 15-year-old adolescents across Greece were assessed using the Modified Dental Health component (DHC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN). An amount of 38.7% of 12-year-olds and 33.7% of 15-year-olds were in definite need of orthodontic treatment. The most common etiologic factors were tooth eruption and position anomalies. A higher rate of orthodontic treatment need was recorded among subjects with lower parental education level. Class I malocclusion was found in 50.9%, Class II in 38.4% and Class III in 10.8% of the total sample. A higher incidence of dental trauma was found in the 12-year-olds presenting with a Class II molar relationship and >3 mm overjet. The need for orthodontic treatment in Greece was higher, in comparison to other European countries, with one out of two children presenting a severe overjet associated with a high incidence of dental trauma. One out of three adolescents were still judged as having a need for orthodontic treatment by the age of 15.Ioulia-Maria MylonopoulouIosif SifakakisElias BerdousesKaterina KavvadiaKonstantinos ArapostathisConstantine J. OulisMDPI AGarticlemalocclusionorthodontic statusorthodontic treatment needmodified IOTNMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11790, p 11790 (2021)
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topic	malocclusion orthodontic status orthodontic treatment need modified IOTN Medicine R
spellingShingle	malocclusion orthodontic status orthodontic treatment need modified IOTN Medicine R Ioulia-Maria Mylonopoulou Iosif Sifakakis Elias Berdouses Katerina Kavvadia Konstantinos Arapostathis Constantine J. Oulis Orthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey
description	The purpose of this research was to assess the orthodontic status and orthodontic treatment needs of 12- and 15-year-old schoolchildren in Greece, in relation to sociodemographic factors and parental education level. A total of 1102 12-year-old children and 1131 15-year-old adolescents across Greece were assessed using the Modified Dental Health component (DHC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN). An amount of 38.7% of 12-year-olds and 33.7% of 15-year-olds were in definite need of orthodontic treatment. The most common etiologic factors were tooth eruption and position anomalies. A higher rate of orthodontic treatment need was recorded among subjects with lower parental education level. Class I malocclusion was found in 50.9%, Class II in 38.4% and Class III in 10.8% of the total sample. A higher incidence of dental trauma was found in the 12-year-olds presenting with a Class II molar relationship and >3 mm overjet. The need for orthodontic treatment in Greece was higher, in comparison to other European countries, with one out of two children presenting a severe overjet associated with a high incidence of dental trauma. One out of three adolescents were still judged as having a need for orthodontic treatment by the age of 15.
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author	Ioulia-Maria Mylonopoulou Iosif Sifakakis Elias Berdouses Katerina Kavvadia Konstantinos Arapostathis Constantine J. Oulis
author_facet	Ioulia-Maria Mylonopoulou Iosif Sifakakis Elias Berdouses Katerina Kavvadia Konstantinos Arapostathis Constantine J. Oulis
author_sort	Ioulia-Maria Mylonopoulou
title	Orthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey
title_short	Orthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey
title_full	Orthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey
title_fullStr	Orthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey
title_full_unstemmed	Orthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey
title_sort	orthodontic status and orthodontic treatment need of 12- and 15-year-old greek adolescents: a national pathfinder survey
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/cc48e27d20504465885973f6621f8a55
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Orthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey

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