American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Original articleDental esthetics, orthodontic treatment, and oral-health attitudes in young adults
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Material and methods
Our subjects were 298 young adults aged 18 to 30 years (mean 25.04, SD 3.19); 57.6% were women, and 42.4% were men. The sample was homogenous with respect to level of education, comprising at least 13 years of primary and secondary school. Of the sample, 58.7% had a history of orthodontic treatment lasting on average 3.85 years (SD 2.05) and completed 9.25 years (SD 4.11) before the interview. The questionnaires were administered to the subjects individually, and the interviewers were male
Results
The Figure shows the IOTN-AC grades of the whole sample and the subgroups with and without history of orthodontic treatment. There was no statistically significant difference in IOTN-AC grades between the respondents with and without previous orthodontic treatment (χ2 = 5.31, P = .26).
The results of the 2-factor ANOVA with oral-health attitudes as the dependent variables are shown in Table I. With regard to the dental-health locus of control, in contrast to the respondents with low-ranking
Discussion
We examined whether young adults differing in dental esthetics and in history of orthodontic treatment might be distinguished in their oral-health attitudes, reported adherence to oral-health preventive behavior, and self-perceptions of oral health. The instruments used to assess oral health-related variables are primarily subjective perceptions of the study subjects. Both preventive behavior reports and self-perception of oral health, however, are regarded as sufficiently sensitive measures
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