title: The relationship of orthodontic treatment need with periodontal status, dental caries, and sociodemographic factors.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of orthodontic malocclusion with periodontal status, dental caries, and sociodemographic status. Our study population consisted of a sample of 836 school children (384 male and 452 female, aged 11-14 years). Four experienced orthodontists and two experienced periodontists performed the clinical examinations. The Treatment Priority Index (TPI), Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN), decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) scores, and a questionnaire that surveyed socio-demographic status of students were used. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients were used to measure the association between variables. TPI scores showed that 36.4% of the students had normal occlusion, while 41.2% had slight, 15.7% had definite, 4% had severe, and 2.7% had very severe malocclusion. TPI values did not show any significant differences between pupils in different age, gender, socioeconomic status groups, and CPITN scores, whereas there was a significant relationship between TPI and DMFT scores. The orthodontic treatment need was not significantly correlated with CPITN or socio-demographic status; however, the correlation coefficient showed a significant relationship between TPI and DMFT scores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Suleyman Demirel University, 32260 Isparta, Turkey. ruhinalcaci@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ruhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nalcaci
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirer
authors.forename: Firat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: Burcu A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Altan
authors.forename: Oral
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sokucu
authors.forename: Vildan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bostanci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003729:Dental Care; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003815:Dentists; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009909:Oral Health; D012923:Social Class