Teenage Patients And Their Parent’s Expectations- A Questionnaire Based Study.
Journal Title: International Journal of Dental Science and Innovative Research (IJDSIR) - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction The feature that is noticed on the first encounter is, smile. Second being the eyes. Smile forms an important part of an individual’s appearance. The desire to look good and fulfill the social norms of appearance and peer pressure could be one of the several reasons inspiring the patients to undergo orthodontic treatment at an early age. Today aesthetics is more relevant a reason for orthodontic treatment than ever. The need for orthodontic treatment has been showing a marked rise since its inception.A patient doctor relationship is essential to understand patient expectations. It all begins with patents education. A more dentally aware patient can have healthy attitude towards his or her oral health, also it guides realistic expectations from the outcome of orthodontic management. Hence the need to understand the patient and the parent’s expectations is vital to our treatment planning. This motivated us to carry out our study. Most orthodontic patients are in their teens. Adolescence is an impressionable period. Children grow into adulthood and try to fit into their social circles. They are under constant social and cultural influences. Acceptance of their friends and colleagues reflects on the confidence they carry. Gender also plays a role in the patient attitude and cooperation. Girls have a higher tendency to be conscious of their appearances. The social pressures on women to appear perfect could have a role in this tendency . Quality of life is an important part of the evaluation of treatment outcomes and has been defined as ‘the discrepancy between our expectation and our experience’. Quality of care and quality of life are strongly associated with malocclusion and its treatment.
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Dr. Divya Puranik
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