Development and Validation of a Measure of Attitudes Toward Malocclusion

Fox, Richard N.; Albino, Judith; Green, L.J.; Farr, S. David; Tedesco, Lisa A.

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“…Orthodontic concern is defitied by score levels of 3 and above. ance ;ttid wish lor Itealtttettt have been shown lo be the variables discrittiitiatiiig most betweeti itidividuals seeking and not scekitig orthodontic trcattnenl (9,27). A composilt; measure of the child's and parent's responses was cotisidcred to be a relevant tncasurc of psychosocial need in the present cotitcxt.…”

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A new Norwegian index of orthodontic treatment need related to orthodontic concern among 11‐year‐olds and their parents

Espeland

Ivarsson

Stenvik

1992

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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A new index of orthodontic treatment need was introduced in Norway in 1990. On a morphologic and functional basis the four groups very great (A), great (B), obvious (C) and little/no (D) need were defined for social insurance refunding. The purpose of the present study was to investigate to what extent the new index corresponded with orthodontic concern among potential orthodontic patients and their parents. Of 104 randomly selected fourth grade children, 99 (48 girls, 51 boys, mean age 10.7 yr) presented themselves for clinical examination and interview. One parent was asked to accompany the child, and 93 parents attended. On the basis of clinical examination, morphologic measurements on study casts, and X-rays, the children were allocated to one of the four groups defined by the index. In separate questionnaires the children and the parents were asked to assess satisfaction with own/child's dental arrangement and desire for orthodontic treatment. The interview data were transformed into a composite measure representing orthodontic concern. The results indicated that orthodontic concern was significantly related to index group. For the individuals who expressed concern the new index seemed to be meaningful for allocation of public subsidies, as most individuals (85%) who expressed concern exhibited malocclusions fulfilling the criteria for receiving public subsidies of treatment costs. However, more than 50% of the individuals allocated to group B (great need) did not experience a need for treatment.

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A new Norwegian index of orthodontic treatment need related to orthodontic concern among 11‐year‐olds and their parents

Espeland

Ivarsson

Stenvik

1992

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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“…In an effort to investigate more rigorously the orthodontic attitudes of eighth and ninth graders and their parents. AL-BINO and colleagues (20) developed the Children's Orthodontic Attitude Survey (COAS) and Parents' Orthodontic Attitude Survey (POAS) based on aspects of the Desire for Orthodontic Treatment scale of Li-wiT & VtROLAiNEN (13) and the critical incident technique of LINN (7), The purpose of our study was to test a modification of the COAS for use on a younger population of children, namely third-grade ehildren who attended public schools in Alachua County, Florida, USA, and to relate orthodontic attitudes and clinieal status to perceived need for orthodontic treatment.…”

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Pilot study comparing parents' and third‐grade schoolchildren's attitudes toward braces and perceived need for braces

Sheats

Gilbert

Wheeler

et al. 1995

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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An instrument developed for third-grade schoolchildren and their parents was pilot-tested for its ability to measure orthodontic attitudes and perception of the child's need for braces. Seventy-eight children and 54 parents were surveyed. Forty-six percent of the children wanted braces while 61% believed that they needed braces. Correlation between desire for braces and perceived need was 0.47, suggesting that desire and perceived need were only moderately correlated in children. Sixty-three percent of the parents believed that their child needed braces. Despite such proportions of children and parents perceiving a need for treatment, three-fourths of the children and two-thirds of the parents were satisfied with the appearance of the child's teeth. Attitude subscales, derived from the attitude survey, and clinical orthodontic parameters were used to model children's and parents' perceived need for braces in the child. No clinical parameter was a significant correlate in either children's or parents' model of perceived need. Neither race nor gender contributed significantly to either model. The subscales Concern for Appearance and Social Aspects of Braces were the strongest covariates of children's perceived need for braces. Concern for Appearance was the most important correlate in the parents' model. These data suggest that parents' perceived need for orthodontic treatment for their third-grade children is determined primarily by a concern for appearance rather than clinical status. In third-graders, perceived aesthetics and social aspects apparently have more influence than clinical status in creating a perception of need for braces.

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“…Among such factors, patient's motivation to undergo orthodontic treatment seems to be the most relevant. 1, 16,26 Patient's motivation has been studied through self-assessment of the dental condition, 10,28 esthetic perception 1, 10,16,21 and knowledge about the orthodontic treatment. 10 In this study, patient's motivation was assessed through a questionnaire based on the works of Clemmer and Hayes 4 and Fox et al 10 The 27 questions addressed: 1) perception of the severity of the dental problem; 2) importance of dental esthetic; 3) willingness to undergo orthodontic correction; 4) impressions about the orthodontic treatment; and 5) importance of good occlusion.…”

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The influence of patient's motivation on reported pain during orthodontic treatment

Campos

Vitral

2013

Dental Press J. Orthod.

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Development and Validation of a Measure of Attitudes Toward Malocclusion

Cited by 30 publications

References 6 publications

A new Norwegian index of orthodontic treatment need related to orthodontic concern among 11‐year‐olds and their parents

A new Norwegian index of orthodontic treatment need related to orthodontic concern among 11‐year‐olds and their parents

Pilot study comparing parents' and third‐grade schoolchildren's attitudes toward braces and perceived need for braces

The influence of patient's motivation on reported pain during orthodontic treatment

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