Orthodontic treatment's necessity in students. Application of the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI)

Authors

  • María Gudelia Alemán Estévez Clínica Estomatológica Docente III Congreso del PCC. Matanzas
  • Isabel Martínez Brito Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Matanzas
  • Aleida Pérez Lauzurique Clínica Estomatológica Docente III Congreso del PCC. Matanzas

Keywords:

treatment necessity, Dental Aesthetic Index, dental malocclusions

Abstract

The dental malocclusions are occlusal alterations or disorders that are subject of important aesthetic, ethnic and cultural conditionings, making it difficult its definition and classification. An early diagnosis and a successful treatment of the malocclusions may have benefits in a short term. This research was made in a sample of 450 students aged 8 and 9 years, 232 in the 8-years-old group, for the 51,6 %, and 218 in the 9-years-old group, representing the 48,4 %. With the purpose of determining the orthodontic treatment necessity, we carried out a cross-sectional, descriptive study, applying the dental esthetic index of the orthodontic treatment necessity, and determining that 32,9 % of the students had a slight malocclusion or normal occlusion, 24, 4 % a defined malocclusion, 16,0 % a serious malocclusion and 26,7 % a very serious malocclusion. We determined the high prevalence of treatment necessity in the studied ages.

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Alemán Estévez MG, Martínez Brito I, Pérez Lauzurique A. Orthodontic treatment’s necessity in students. Application of the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI). Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 27 [cited 2025 Jun. 4];33(4):441-7. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/846

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 4 (2011)

Section

Research article

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