title: Orthodontic treatment need in the Southern Health Board.
abstract: An assessment of the orthodontic treatment need among a group of 6th Class pupils in the Southern Health Board area was carried out. It was found that 25.4% of these children had malocclusions severe enough to be offered treatment according to the Guidelines issued by the Department of Health. Two-thirds of these patients would require the use of fixed appliance orthodontic treatment.
authors.affiliation: St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork.
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: O'Dowling
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: O'Mullane
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003945:Diagnosis, Oral; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015588:Observer Variation; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results