Orofacial Characteristics in Relation to the Need of Orthodontic Treatments in Children

Malocclusion represents a public health problem in Chile. Government policies create preventive and interceptive programs for these conditions. Nevertheless, there are no uniform criteria for the selection of patients who need early treatment; the decision is made by a specialist during orthodontic...

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Autores principales:	Sandoval Vidal,Paulo, Ceballos Casanova,Mónica, Acevedo Atala,Claudia, Jans Muñoz,Alejandra
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina 2010
Materias:	malocclusion occlusal index screening
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-381X20100001000102012-01-19Orofacial Characteristics in Relation to the Need of Orthodontic Treatments in ChildrenSandoval Vidal,PauloCeballos Casanova,MónicaAcevedo Atala,ClaudiaJans Muñoz,Alejandra malocclusion occlusal index screening Malocclusion represents a public health problem in Chile. Government policies create preventive and interceptive programs for these conditions. Nevertheless, there are no uniform criteria for the selection of patients who need early treatment; the decision is made by a specialist during orthodontic treatment. Here, we propose the Index for Early Intervention (IEI) for early detection of malocclusions. We treat malocclusions with a simple interceptive treatment to minimize or eliminate the need for orthodontic treatment in a child population. Furthermore, the IEI can be used in general dentistry as a screening method. The purpose of this study was to compare the reliability and validity of an index used to assess the need for orthodontic treatment, as compared to the view of a panel of experts formed by three orthodontists. We used a set of 55 study casts representing all types of malocclusion. The accuracy of the diagnostic or the validity of each index was calculated using the opinions of three orthodontic raters as a “gold standard;” these measures obtained an agreement of 0.82. Receiver Operating Characteristic curves was plotted for the index. Results: Diagnostic accuracy was determined by the area under the curve, the cut point was 20, sensitivity was 0.977 and specificity was 0.167. Conclusions: This occlusal index provided valuable information for selecting children in need of early and simple orthodontic treatment.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de La Frontera. Facultad de MedicinaInternational journal of odontostomatology v.4 n.1 20102010-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-381X2010000100010en10.4067/S0718-381X2010000100010
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spellingShingle	malocclusion occlusal index screening Sandoval Vidal,Paulo Ceballos Casanova,Mónica Acevedo Atala,Claudia Jans Muñoz,Alejandra Orofacial Characteristics in Relation to the Need of Orthodontic Treatments in Children
description	Malocclusion represents a public health problem in Chile. Government policies create preventive and interceptive programs for these conditions. Nevertheless, there are no uniform criteria for the selection of patients who need early treatment; the decision is made by a specialist during orthodontic treatment. Here, we propose the Index for Early Intervention (IEI) for early detection of malocclusions. We treat malocclusions with a simple interceptive treatment to minimize or eliminate the need for orthodontic treatment in a child population. Furthermore, the IEI can be used in general dentistry as a screening method. The purpose of this study was to compare the reliability and validity of an index used to assess the need for orthodontic treatment, as compared to the view of a panel of experts formed by three orthodontists. We used a set of 55 study casts representing all types of malocclusion. The accuracy of the diagnostic or the validity of each index was calculated using the opinions of three orthodontic raters as a “gold standard;” these measures obtained an agreement of 0.82. Receiver Operating Characteristic curves was plotted for the index. Results: Diagnostic accuracy was determined by the area under the curve, the cut point was 20, sensitivity was 0.977 and specificity was 0.167. Conclusions: This occlusal index provided valuable information for selecting children in need of early and simple orthodontic treatment.
author	Sandoval Vidal,Paulo Ceballos Casanova,Mónica Acevedo Atala,Claudia Jans Muñoz,Alejandra
author_facet	Sandoval Vidal,Paulo Ceballos Casanova,Mónica Acevedo Atala,Claudia Jans Muñoz,Alejandra
author_sort	Sandoval Vidal,Paulo
title	Orofacial Characteristics in Relation to the Need of Orthodontic Treatments in Children
title_short	Orofacial Characteristics in Relation to the Need of Orthodontic Treatments in Children
title_full	Orofacial Characteristics in Relation to the Need of Orthodontic Treatments in Children
title_fullStr	Orofacial Characteristics in Relation to the Need of Orthodontic Treatments in Children
title_full_unstemmed	Orofacial Characteristics in Relation to the Need of Orthodontic Treatments in Children
title_sort	orofacial characteristics in relation to the need of orthodontic treatments in children
publisher	Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina
publishDate	2010
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Orofacial Characteristics in Relation to the Need of Orthodontic Treatments in Children

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