Patient adherence in orthodontics: a scoping review.

Background: Patient adherence is a key factor in achieving orthodontic treatment success. Despite an evolution in orthodontic healthcare, no recent comprehensive reviews are available on patient adherence in orthodontics. This scoping review provides an evidence-based overview of the literature available on multiple aspects of patient adherence in orthodontics, during both active treatment as well as during the retention phase.

Maxillary Arch Dimensions in Children with Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Receiving Alveolar Bone Grafting.

Objective: To analyse the maxillary arch dimensions of children aged 9 and 12 with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) who received orthodontic treatment and secondary alveolar bone grafting.

Design: This retrospective cohort study was performed on 30 patients with UCLP.

Setting: All patients were treated at the Cleft Lip and Palate Centre, which is part of the University Medical Centre Amsterdam and Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Quality of Life Among Dutch Children With a Cleft Lip and/or Cleft Palate: A Follow-Up Study.

Objectives: The aims of the present study were to examine the impact of a cleft lip and/or palate on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children, to examine differences between the OHRQoL scores reported by children and their parents, and to examine differences between the scores over 4 years for a subgroup of children.

Design: Prospective blinded questionnaires.

Setting: All patients were recruited from a university clinic at Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam.

Overjet reduction in relation to wear time with the van Beek activator combined with a microsensor.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to use a microsensor to investigate the association among overjet reduction, treatment duration, and wear time of the van Beek activator.

Methods: The study sample comprised patients (n = 28) with a mean age of 11.60 (±1.

Expectations of treatment and satisfaction with dentofacial appearance in patients applying for orthodontic treatment.

Introduction: Satisfaction with dentofacial appearance and expectations of orthodontic treatment have been analyzed in many studies. In 2002, in a study in The Netherlands, significant correlations were found between dental satisfaction and orthodontic treatment expectations. Satisfaction significantly decreased with increasing age.

Satisfaction with orthodontic treatment.

Objectives: To examine the satisfaction of patients with their orthodontic treatment at the Department of Orthodontics at the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA) in The Netherlands.

Materials And Methods: To analyze differences in satisfaction through time, the results of patients treated at ACTA in 2008 and 2009 were compared with the results of patients treated at ACTA in 2000. A validated questionnaire about patient satisfaction was used.

Satisfaction with orthodontic treatment.

Abstract Objectives: To examine the satisfaction of patients with their orthodontic treatment at the Department of Orthodontics at the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA) in the Netherlands. Materials and Methods: To analyze differences in satisfaction through time, the results of patients treated at ACTA in 2008 and 2009 were compared with the results of patients treated at ACTA in 2000. A validated questionnaire about patient satisfaction was used.

Oral health-related quality of life in Dutch children with cleft lip and/or palate.

Objective: To investigate the oral health-related quality of life (OH-RQoL) of Dutch cleft lip and palate patients. It was hypothesized that (1) there is no difference between cleft patients' and their parents' reports of patients' OH-RQoL; (2) there are no gender differences; (3) there are no differences in OH-RQoL between cleft patients with regard to their symptoms; and (4) there is no difference between patients above and below 12 years of age.

Materials And Methods: The sample consisted of 122 patients with clefts (age range, 8-15 years) and their parents.

Patients' and parents' expectations of orthodontic treatment.

Objective: To investigate the expectations of children and their primary care-givers towards orthodontic treatment and to compare the results with those of a UK sample.

Design: A questionnaire survey of children and their primary care-givers attending for their first consultation.

Setting: The Department of Orthodontics at the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), the Netherlands.

Dutch primary schoolchildren's attitudes toward their dental appearance.

Purpose: This study's purpose was to examine children's attitudes toward dental appearance and compare these with attitudes toward general health, body shape, grades in school, friends, money, and sports. The study also explored whether subjects reporting that they have attractive teeth believed themselves to have higher grades in school, more friends, a slim body shape, and better health than subjects reporting that they have unattractive teeth.

Methods: A sample of 216 9- to 13-year-old Dutch children participated.

Comparing subjective and objective measures of headgear compliance.

Introduction: Many studies have used subjective measures to examine patient compliance during orthodontic treatment. Objective measurement of compliance has been confined to only a few studies that used electronic timing devices built into removable appliances. Our aim in this study was to compare subjective and objective methods of measuring compliance with headgear wear.

The theory of reasoned action and patient compliance during orthodontic treatment.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential of the theory of reasoned action (TRA) for the prediction and understanding of patients' intention to comply during orthodontic treatment and to analyze the effect of two additional variables in the model, namely perceived behavioral control and anticipated regret. Moreover, (the determinants of) intentions of orthodontic patients to comply during treatment were compared with (the determinants of) intentions of parents to stimulate this cooperation.

Methods: A questionnaire was handed out to patients and parents visiting the Department of Orthodontics of the Academic Centre of Dentistry in Amsterdam.

Patient compliance: a determinant of patient satisfaction?

Recent studies have shown that there is a distinct relationship between patient satisfaction and patient compliance in orthodontic treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate whether patient compliance, as noticed and recorded by the orthodontist during treatment, can be used as a determinant of patient's satisfaction in the long run. Documentation of 100 patients who completed active orthodontic treatment in the year 2000 at the Academic Centre of Dentistry Amsterdam was analyzed, and compliance scores for patients were computed.

Towards a comprehensive model for the study of compliance in orthodontics.

The aims of the present study were to explore methods used by Dutch orthodontists in daily practice to estimate and stimulate patient compliance, and to develop a theoretical model of compliance. A questionnaire, containing 38 items, was distributed among participants at the annual congress of the Dutch Society of Orthodontists in September 2002. The items concerned the need for and the level of patient adherence during orthodontic treatment, modes of estimating and stimulating compliance, and perceived reasons for non-compliance.

Attitudes towards orthodontic treatment: a comparison of treated and untreated subjects.

The aims of the present study were to evaluate treated and untreated subjects' attitudes towards orthodontic treatment and to examine possible determinants of these attitudes. It was hypothesized that orthodontically treated individuals would differ from untreated respondents in their attitude towards orthodontists and orthodontic treatment, and that female subjects would have a more positive attitude towards orthodontics than male subjects. Untreated individuals (n = 220) were used as a comparison group in the evaluation of orthodontic health care by previously treated subjects (n = 246).

Failed appointments in an orthodontic clinic.

Background: The aim of this study was to retest the hypotheses of Reekie and Devlin (1998) by conducting a similar randomized controlled trial in an orthodontic clinic in the Netherlands. It was hypothesized that a reminder would reduce the failed attendance rate and that the form of the reminder would be irrelevant.

Methods: All patients with appointments in the orthodontic clinic at the Academic Centre of Dentistry Amsterdam during a 3-week period were divided into 4 groups.

A comparison of dental health care attitudes in the Netherlands in 1985, 1995, and 2001.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to re-establish and update empirical data obtained in 1985 and 1995 using the dental attitudes questionnaire (DAQ). In 1984, this instrument for assessing oral health care attitudes was presented by Stockwell and Banting. The DAQ has six content scales: cynicism, health concern, motivation, oral function, social aesthetic and susceptibility, and two validity scales, halo and infrequency.

Expectations of treatment and satisfaction with dentofacial appearance in orthodontic patients.

The aim of this study was to investigate correlations between satisfaction with dental and facial appearance and expectations of orthodontic treatment. The effects of sex and age on these variables were also explored. A sample of 154 patients who applied for orthodontic treatment at the Academic Centre of Dentistry Amsterdam, The Netherlands, completed 2 questionnaires, containing 16 items on satisfaction with facial appearance and 23 items on expectations of orthodontic treatment.