Occlusal indices have been introduced and used to rank or categorize the occlusion.
According to Dr. William Shaw and colleagues (1995), there are five types of occlusal …

Orthodontic treatment need indexes are used extensively in Northern Europe, especially in
selecting patients for treatment in public orthodontic health services and in determining the …

The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of malocclusion in a population of
Bogotanian children and adolescents in terms of different degrees of severity in relation to …

The aim of this study is to assess the need for orthodontic treatment in a Turkish school
population and a group of population referred for orthodontic treatment. The study groups …

This paper reports the results of a study of the reliability of a modified version of the Index of
Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) for use in oral health surveys. Twelve non‐specialist …

Introduction Self-esteem is a psychological trait that may develop in interaction with
craniodentofacial esthetics. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship among …

Introduction Our aim was to evaluate the stability of orthodontic treatment outcome and
retention status 7 or more years after active treatment in relation to posttreatment or …

Background Young adulthood is a time when subjects transform their role from a dependent
child to an independent social identity. This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the …

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between patients' perceptions of
orthodontic treatment need and need as determined with professionally derived indexes …

This study aimed to determine the threshold of aesthetic impairment where orthodontic
treatment would be sought by a sample of lay people. Using the 10‐grade Aesthetic …