Acceptability of adolescents' occlusion in Finnish municipal health centres with differing timing of orthodontic treatment

作者：Pietila Ilpo^*; Pietila Terttu; Svedstrom Oristo Anna Liisa; Varrela Juha; Alanen Pentti

来源：The European Journal of Orthodontics, 2010, 32(2): 186-192.

DOI：10.1093/ejo/cjp085

The history of orthodontic treatment decreased the odds for acceptability of morphology [odds ratio (OR) = 0.719, 95 per cent confidence limit (CL), P = 0.016] and acceptability of OR = 0.724, 95 per cent CL, P = 0.018). The early timing of treatment increased the odds for acceptability of morphology (OR = 1.370, 95 per cent CL, P = 0.042) and of OR = 1.420, 95 per cent CL, P = 0.023). No substantial differences were observed in the acceptability of occlusion between the early and late timing health centres. However, the proportion of subjects with acceptable occlusion was slightly higher in the early than in the late timing group. These findings suggest that when examining the effect of timing on treatment outcome, factors other than acceptability of occlusion should be concomitantly evaluated. Consequently, in this context, the duration and cost of treatment need to be investigated.

• 出版日期2010-4