title: Implementation of post treatment critical evaluation improved the quality of orthodontic care in postgraduate orthodontic clinic: A 10 years comparative study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of post- treatment critical evaluation on the quality of orthodontic care in a postgraduate orthodontic clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Orthodontic treatment outcome of 109 consecutively treated cases was evaluated in Phase-I evaluation. Following Phase-I evaluation, PTCE of each case was made mandatory. After 6-years of implementation of compulsory PTCE for each case, orthodontic treatment outcome of all consecutively treated cases (n = 126) was evaluated (Phase-II). The treatment outcome was evaluated by American Board of Orthodontics Model Grading System (ABO MGS) and Subjective evaluation (Visual Analogue Scale, VAS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Based on the ABO scores, the cases were divided into three grades, that is, Grade-I, Grade-II, and Grade-III. The mean total ABO score was improved significantly in Phase-II evaluation (P < 0.01). The total number of cases in ABO Grade-II were increased significantly (P < 0.01) whereas cases in ABO Grade-I remained comparable. The VAS score was improved from 5.66 ± 0.77 at Phase-I to 6.02 ± 0.99 at Phase-II evaluation (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The implementation of PTCE significantly improved the quality of orthodontic care in a postgraduate orthodontic clinic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Grading one's own treatment improves the quality of future treatment.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Orthodontics, Oral Health Sciences Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.affiliation: Unit of Orthodontics, Oral Health Sciences Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Ashok Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Utreja
authors.affiliation: Unit of Orthodontics, Oral Health Sciences Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Satinder Pal
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
authors.forename: Ashok Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jena
keywords: American Board of Orthodontics model grading system; post-treatment critical evaluation; postgraduate clinic; quality of orthodontic care; visual analog scale