TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between pre-treatment orthodontic case complexities and their treatment outcomes
AU - Tantipanichkul, K.
AU - Boonpratham, Supatchai
AU - Tangjit, Nathaphon
AU - Luppanapornlarp, Suwannee
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd and the Japanese Orthodontic Society
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Purpose: To determine whether pre-treatment orthodontic case complexities were associated with their treatment outcomes in each category of malocclusion. Materials and methods: Two hundred orthodontic cases treated with edgewise appliances from university clinic that satisfied requirements for the certification were studied. The Discrepancy Index (DI) and the Objective Grading System (OGS) were calculated. The relationship between these measurements was evaluated using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results: The mean DI score was 23.67 ± 10.30, and the mean OGS score was 19.92 ± 6.92. Statistically, there was only a weak and insignificant correlation between the DI and OGS (r = 0.055, p > 0.05). Buccolingual inclinations and interproximal contacts were components that had the highest and lowest mean OGS scores respectively. Conclusion: Malocclusion complexity was not associated with orthodontic treatment outcomes. Cases which underwent two-phase treatment were found to have the most complex pre-treatment malocclusion and also the most unsatisfactory clinical outcomes. The OGS component with the highest discrepancies was buccolingual inclinations.
AB - Purpose: To determine whether pre-treatment orthodontic case complexities were associated with their treatment outcomes in each category of malocclusion. Materials and methods: Two hundred orthodontic cases treated with edgewise appliances from university clinic that satisfied requirements for the certification were studied. The Discrepancy Index (DI) and the Objective Grading System (OGS) were calculated. The relationship between these measurements was evaluated using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results: The mean DI score was 23.67 ± 10.30, and the mean OGS score was 19.92 ± 6.92. Statistically, there was only a weak and insignificant correlation between the DI and OGS (r = 0.055, p > 0.05). Buccolingual inclinations and interproximal contacts were components that had the highest and lowest mean OGS scores respectively. Conclusion: Malocclusion complexity was not associated with orthodontic treatment outcomes. Cases which underwent two-phase treatment were found to have the most complex pre-treatment malocclusion and also the most unsatisfactory clinical outcomes. The OGS component with the highest discrepancies was buccolingual inclinations.
KW - Discrepancy index
KW - Objective grading system
KW - Orthodontic pre-treatment case complexity
KW - Orthodontic treatment outcomes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.odw.2019.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.odw.2019.10.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075973439
SN - 1344-0241
VL - 78
SP - 160
EP - 168
JO - Orthodontic Waves
JF - Orthodontic Waves
IS - 4
ER -