September, 2009, Vol. 11, No. 3

CONTENTS

Epidemiology of mandibular fractures treated at Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Lithuania
Ricardas Kubilius,Tadas Keizeris
73 -76

Use of dental radiography among Lithuanian general dentists
Vytaute Peciuliene, Jurate Rimkuviene, Rasma Maneliene, Saulius Drukteinis
77-82

Reaction of crestal bone around implants depending on mucosal tissue thickness. A 1-year prospective clinical study
Tomas Linkevicius, Peteris Apse, Simonas Grybauskas, Algirdas Puisys
83-91

Quality of root canal filling performed by undergraduate students of odontology at Kaunas University of Medicine in Lithuania
Eduardas Kelbauskas, Laura Andriukaitiene, Irena Nedzelskiene
92-96

The factors effecting satisfaction of dental appearance and self-perceived need for orthodontic treatment in 10-11 and 14-15 year-old Lithuanian schoolchildren
Diana Baubiniene, Antanas Sidlauskas
97-102

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The factors effecting satisfaction of dental appearance and self-perceived need for orthodontic treatment in 10-11 and 14-15 year-old Lithuanian schoolchildren

Diana Baubiniene, Antanas Sidlauskas

Summary

Assessment of need for orthodontic treatment is complex and the opinion about it might differ between the orthodontist and children. Personal perception of the need for orthodontic treatment may be influenced by a variety of social, economical and cultural factors. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is an association between normative and self-perceived orthodontic treatment need, and to evaluate the influence of age, gender and socioeconomic background on satisfaction of dental appearance and demand for orthodontic treatment. The study included 2024 schoolchildren: 1193 (657 girls and 536 boys) 10-11 year-old and 831 (450 girls, 381 boys) 14-15 year-old. The objective need for orthodontic treatment was found to be 42.6 percent while self-perceived need 35.3 percent among Lithuanian schoolchildren. Girls thought that they needed treatment more frequently than boys independent of age and living area.

Key words: orthodontic treatment need, self-perceived need.

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*Clinic of Orthodontics, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania

Diana Baubiniene* – PhD student

Antanas Sidlauskas* – PhD, MOrthRCSEd, Professor and Head of the Clinic of Orthodontics

Address correspondence to prof. Antanas Sidlauskas, Clinic of Orthodontics, Kaunas University of Medicine, J.Luksos-Daumanto 6, LT-50106 Kaunas, Lithuania.

E-mail address: antanas@kaunas.omnitel.net