Evaluation of Patient's Personal Reasons and Experience with Orthodontic Treatment.
BACKGROUND
The objective of the study is to evaluate patient's personal reasons and experience with orthodontic treatment. Also to find the problems faced during the orthodontic procedure.


METHODS
A cross-sectional study was done using pretested questionnaire among 312 patients (178 - males and 134 - females) with a response rate of 85%. The overall mean age of the population was 21.34±62 years. The data was collected on excel sheet and analyzed by SPSS 15.0 software at p value 0.05 for the statistical significance.


RESULTS
Half of the participants (52.4%) had undergone orthodontic procedure for straightening the teeth as they think that teeth are the important features that affect the facial profile. Around fifty percent judged themselves that they require this procedure. Most common problem faced by the participants during treatment was its longer duration (29.3%). Still 86.4% of them were satisfied with the treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
The study concluded most of the subjects themselves noted that they are in need of orthodontic treatment in them. There were many problems faced during the procedure by the participants but still most of them were satisfied after the results. How to cite this article: Sharma S, Narkhede S, Sonawane S, Gangurde P. Evaluation of Patient's Personal Reasons and Experience with Orthodontic Treatment. J Int Oral Health 2013; 5(6):78-81 .
Department of Orthodontics & Dento-facial Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sandeep
S
Sharma
Department of Orthodontics & Dento-facial Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sameer
S
Narkhede
Department of Orthodontics & Dento-facial Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Shushma
S
Sonawane
Department of Orthodontics & Dento-facial Orthopaedics, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Parag
P
Gangurde
Orthodontic Procedure; dental appearance; orthodontic experience