Dissatisfaction with dentofacial appearance and the normative need for orthodontic treatment: determinant factors

Dissatisfaction with dentofacial appearance and the normative need for orthodontic treatment: determinant factors

OBJECTIVE: This study aims at assessing the normative need for orthodontic treatment and the factors that determine the subjective impact of malocclusion on 12-year-old Brazilian school children. METHODS: A total of 451 subjects (215 males and 236 females) were randomly selected from private and pub...

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Main Authors: Anderson Barbosa de Almeida, Isabel Cristina Gonçalves Leite, Camilo Aquino Melgaço, Leandro Silva Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dental Press Editora 2014-06-01
Series:Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics
Subjects:
Má oclusão
Ortodontia
Qualidade de vida
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2176-94512014000300120&lng=en&tlng=en

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