Normative and perceived need for treatment of malocclusion among Malaysian adolescents

In practice, the need for orthodontic care is often determined by normative need. However, in reality, a person’s decision to seek orthodontic treatment is dependent on multiple factors. The aim of this study was to determine the association between normative and perceived need for orthodontic treat...

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Main Authors:	Siti Zuriana Mohd Zamzuri, Ishak Abdul Razak, Rashidah Esa
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7259/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7259/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7259/1/10_Siti_Zuriana.pdf

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spelling	ukm-72592016-12-14T06:43:33Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7259/ Normative and perceived need for treatment of malocclusion among Malaysian adolescents Siti Zuriana Mohd Zamzuri, Ishak Abdul Razak, Rashidah Esa, In practice, the need for orthodontic care is often determined by normative need. However, in reality, a person’s decision to seek orthodontic treatment is dependent on multiple factors. The aim of this study was to determine the association between normative and perceived need for orthodontic treatment among Malaysian adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study involving 700 schoolchildren aged 13-14 years in Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The Dental Health Component (DHC) and Aesthetic Component (AC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) were used to assess the normative need. The children’s perceived need was obtained by matching the appearance of their anterior teeth with the photographs on the AC scale. The normative need according to the DHC was 27.1% while the AC indicated 21.9%. Only 3.2% of the schoolchildren perceived that they needed treatment. There was a significantly high correlation between the DHC and AC scores of the dentist (Spearman r s = 0.89, p<0.01). However, the correlation between the AC of dentist and AC score of the children was weak (Spearman r s = 0.39, p<0.01). No significant differences were observed for need of orthodontic treatment among gender and ethnicity according to the DHC and AC of dentists as well as AC of children (p>0.05). The findings from this study support the importance of considering the use of perceived need in prioritizing orthodontic treatment especially because of the shortage of orthodontic services in the country. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7259/1/10_Siti_Zuriana.pdf Siti Zuriana Mohd Zamzuri, and Ishak Abdul Razak, and Rashidah Esa, (2014) Normative and perceived need for treatment of malocclusion among Malaysian adolescents. Sains Malaysiana, 43 (7). pp. 1037-1043. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description	In practice, the need for orthodontic care is often determined by normative need. However, in reality, a person’s decision to seek orthodontic treatment is dependent on multiple factors. The aim of this study was to determine the association between normative and perceived need for orthodontic treatment among Malaysian adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study involving 700 schoolchildren aged 13-14 years in Jempol District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The Dental Health Component (DHC) and Aesthetic Component (AC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) were used to assess the normative need. The children’s perceived need was obtained by matching the appearance of their anterior teeth with the photographs on the AC scale. The normative need according to the DHC was 27.1% while the AC indicated 21.9%. Only 3.2% of the schoolchildren perceived that they needed treatment. There was a significantly high correlation between the DHC and AC scores of the dentist (Spearman r s = 0.89, p<0.01). However, the correlation between the AC of dentist and AC score of the children was weak (Spearman r s = 0.39, p<0.01). No significant differences were observed for need of orthodontic treatment among gender and ethnicity according to the DHC and AC of dentists as well as AC of children (p>0.05). The findings from this study support the importance of considering the use of perceived need in prioritizing orthodontic treatment especially because of the shortage of orthodontic services in the country.
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author_facet	Siti Zuriana Mohd Zamzuri, Ishak Abdul Razak, Rashidah Esa,
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title	Normative and perceived need for treatment of malocclusion among Malaysian adolescents
title_short	Normative and perceived need for treatment of malocclusion among Malaysian adolescents
title_full	Normative and perceived need for treatment of malocclusion among Malaysian adolescents
title_fullStr	Normative and perceived need for treatment of malocclusion among Malaysian adolescents
title_full_unstemmed	Normative and perceived need for treatment of malocclusion among Malaysian adolescents
title_sort	normative and perceived need for treatment of malocclusion among malaysian adolescents
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2014
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Normative and perceived need for treatment of malocclusion among Malaysian adolescents

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