Orthodontic treatment complexity and need in a Nigerian teaching hospital.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the orthodontic treatment need and complexity in a major referral orthodontic centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

Method: Pre-treatment dental casts of 150 consecutive patients were assessed using the Index of Complexity, Outcome and Need (ICON).

Results: Fifty-seven (38%) of the population needed orthodontic treatment.

Orthodontic Treatment Need and Complexity among Nigerian Adolescents in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Introduction. The assessment of orthodontic treatment need and complexity are necessary for informed planning of orthodontic services. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess these parameters using the Index of Complexity, Outcome, and Need (ICON) in a Nigerian adolescent population in a region where orthodontic services are just being established.

Dental aesthetics assessed against orthodontic treatment complexity and need in Nigerian patients with sickle-cell anemia.

This study investigates the relationship between dental aesthetics and orthodontic treatment complexity and need in a group of patients with sickle-cell anemia (SCA) in Nigeria. The study sample consisted of 176 individuals - 77 (43.8%) male and 99 (56.

Orthodontic treatment complexity and need with associated oral health-related quality of life in Nigerian adolescents.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the orthodontic treatment complexity and need in Nigerian adolescents as well as to ascertain the relationship between these professionally assessed facets of orthodontic provision and the oral health-related quality of life in the adolescents.

Materials And Methods: The orthodontic treatment complexity and need in 274 adolescents who were drawn from four secondary schools in Ibadan, Nigeria aged 12 to 17 years (142 (51.8%) females and 132 (48.

Oral habits in the primary and mixed dentitions of some Nigerian children: a longitudinal study.

Purpose: To longitudinally evaluate oral habits and their effects on the developing occlusion in Nigerian children.

Materials And Methods: A longitudinal epidemiological survey of 145 3- to 5-year-old children in a pre-primary section of a primary school near the Dental Centre, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. The children at the first examination (Time 1) were screened for oral habits.

Occlusal changes from primary to mixed dentitions in Nigerian children.

Objective: To evaluate longitudinally the occlusal changes between the deciduous and early mixed dentition stages in Nigerian children.

Materials And Methods: The occlusion of 145 3- to 5-year-old children was initially assessed at a popular pre-primary school center in Ibadan, Nigeria in October 2002, using the Foster and Hamilton criteria. The same group of children was followed up for reexamination in October 2006 in the primary school section of the center.

Orthodontic treatment complexity and need in a group of Nigerian patients: the relationship between the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) and the Index of Complexity, Outcome, and Need (ICON).

Aim: The aim of this retrospective analytical study was to assess the relationship between the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) and the Index of Complexity, Outcome, and Need (ICON) on the orthodontic treatment need and complexity in a group of Nigerian patients.

Methods And Materials: Fifty-six cases were randomly selected from the model storage of the orthodontic unit of the University College Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria. The ICON was used to assess the pre-treatment study models for orthodontic treatment need and complexity of the cases while the DAI was also used to assess the same cases for treatment need.

Relationship between index of complexity, outcome and need, dental aesthetic index, peer assessment rating index, and American Board of Orthodontics objective grading system.

Introduction: The objectives of this study were to examine the relationships among 4 indexes that are used to score orthodontic treatment need and outcome, and to determine whether 1 index could replace the other 3. The index of complexity, outcome, and need (ICON), the dental aesthetic index (DAI), the peer assessment rating (PAR) index, and the American Board of Orthodontics objective grading system (ABO-OGS) were studied. The use of the ICON is desirable because it is faster to use than separate indexes for assessing different treatment facets.

Occlusal/dental anomalies found in a random sample of Nigerian schoolchildren.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the occlusal/dental anomalies needing early treatment for maximal occlusal development among 11-12-year-olds in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: An epidemiological survey of 361 school students, 171 (47.4%) males and 190 (52.

Orthodontic treatment need in an accredited graduate orthodontic center in north america: a pilot study.

Aim: To assess the objective orthodontic treatment needs of patients treated in an accredited Orthodontic Clinic in North America using a retrospective cross sectional study and the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI).

Methods And Materials: One hundred pre- and post-treatment study models were randomly selected from the model storage facility of the clinic. Only the pre-treatment study models were assessed using the DAI.

Orthodontic treatment--improvement and standards using the peer assessment rating index.

This article is aimed at assessing the orthodontic treatment outcome in an accredited graduate orthodontic clinic in the United States, using the original Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) Index. A sample of 100 pre- and posttreatment study models was randomly selected from the clinic model storage. One investigator assessed all the components of the PAR Index.

Perception of personal dental appearance in Nigerian adolescents.

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among Nigerian adolescents' awareness of malocclusion, their satisfaction with personal dental appearance, and the severity of their occlusal irregularities.

Material: The sample consisted of 577 randomly selected secondary school adolescents-306 (53%) boys and 271 (47%) girls aged 12 to 17 years (mean age, 14.73 +/- 1.

Emotional effects of malocclusion in Nigerian orthodontic patients.

Aim: To assess the emotional effects of malocclusion among Nigerian orthodontic patients.

Design: A questionnaire survey.

Subjects And Methods: A questionnaire was completed by 221 Nigerian orthodontic patients undergoing routine orthodontic care at the Orthodontic Unit, Department of Preventive Dentistry, University College Hospital, Ibadan and the Department of Child Dental Health, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, both in South-West Nigeria.

Prevalence of malocclusion among adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of malocclusion among predominantly Yoruba adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria, and to compare the results with those of other authors. The sample for this epidemiological survey comprised 636 secondary school students, (334 [52.5%] boys and 302 [47.

Comparison of malocclusions and orthodontic treatment needs of handicapped and normal children in Ibadan using the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI).

This study compared the prevalences of malocclusion and Orthodontic needs between normal Nigerian children and their handicapped counterparts using the Dental Aesthetic Index. The samples consisted of 1,010 children -614 normal (321 males; 294 females) and 396 handicapped (199 males;197 females) aged 12-18 years with mean ages for normal and handicapped children as 14.8+/-1.

Orthodontic treatment need of Nigerian outpatients assessed with the Dental Aesthetic Index.

Background: When limited resources are available for orthodontic treatment, it is important that those with the greatest need receive treatment.

Aims: The aims of this study were to determine the orthodontic treatment needs of Nigerian children and young adults attending a University Hospital as outpatients, and to determine if a relationship exists between social class and orthodontic treatment need.

Methods: Of 148 consecutive patients attending a hospital department for orthodontic treatment, 136 were children and young adults (67 males, 69 females) between 6 and 18 years of age.

Secondary school athletes: a study of mouthguards.

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of mouthguard awareness and use, as well as the amount and type of oro-facial trauma associated with and without mouthguard wear in adolescent Nigerian athletes. A 13-item self-completion questionnaire was completed and returned by 1,127 secondary school athletes (completion rate of 93.9%) comprising 683 (60.

Orthodontic treatment need of mentally handicapped children in Ibadan, Nigeria, according to the dental aesthetic index.

Purpose: Proper well-organized orthodontic treatment planning for special needs patients quantifies such needs with a valid screening method to determine priority treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the orthodontic treatment needs of mentally handicapped children in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Methods: The sample consisted of 124 mentally handicapped children, 68 boys and 56 girls who were 6 to 18 years old with mean age of 14.

Perceived, desired, and normatively determined orthodontic treatment needs among orthodontically untreated Nigerian adolescents.

This study assessed perceived, desired, and normative need for orthondontic care in a randomly selected (n=567) Nigerian children aged 12-18 years (mean age, 14.6 +/- 1.5), in Ibadan city.