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Orthodontic treatment need of Kurdish teenagers | ||
| Journal of baghdad college of dentistry | ||
| Article 1, Volume 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 78-84 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Tara Ali Rasheed; Akram F. Al-Huwaizi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACTBackground: This oral health survey aimed to determine the orthodontic treatment need in Sulaimania governorate in relation to gender and residency.Subjects and methods: The sample consisted of 998 Kurdish intermediate school students aged 13 years collected from Sulaimania city and five surrounding small villages. A clinical examination was used to determine the orthodontic treatment need according to the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI).Results: The registered DAI scores ranged between 13 and 65 with a mean of 25.43, according to these scores, 58.6% of the sample were found to have no or slight treatment need, 18.5% with treatment elective, 12.5% with treatment highly desirable, and 10.3% with very severe (handicapping) malocclusion and treatment mandatory. Highly desirable or mandatory treatment need (DAI≥31) was found similarly in males (23.2%) and females (22.6%), but noticeably more in rurals (25.1%) than in urban (20.6%).Conclusions: The prevalence of malocclusion in Kurds is similar to that of Arabs.Keywords: Angle classification, molar relation, overjet, overbite, Kurdish (J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2006; 18(3)78-84). | ||
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