title: Awareness and knowledge of orthodontics.
abstract: Lisa Hirst won the community dentistry section of the 1988 Desmond Greer Walker Award with her study of the level of awareness and knowledge of orthodontics and orthodontic treatment of patients and their parents, and her assessment of the health education material available about orthodontics. We now publish a summary of her paper.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hirst
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D010290:Parents