Objective: the objective of the study is to develop a questionnaire to assess the psychosocial aspects which are considered important by orthodontic patients regarding their dento-facial deformity.Background: Orthodontic treatment is an operation to reposition the upper, lower, or both jaws, in individuals who have a large discrepancy between the size of the jaws in relation to each other, or in whom the jaws are abnormally positioned in relation to the base of skull.
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