[Current status of oral health literacy and its influencing factors among adult orthodontic patients].

Purpose: To investigate the current status of oral health literacy among adult orthodontic patients and analyze its influencing factors.

Methods: Totally 163 adult orthodontic patients were recruited by convenience sampling method from November 2021 to February 2022 at the Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Center of Craniofacial Orthodontics in Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital. General information questionnaire, Chinese version of Health Literacy in Dentistry (HeLD-14), Chinese version of Self-Efficacy Scale for Self-care (SESS) and Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) were applied.

[Analysis of information needs of patients with dentofacial deformities at different stages of treatment].

Purpose: To investigate the treatment experience and information needs of patients with dentofacial deformities in the process of surgical program design, surgical treatment and postoperative rehabilitation.

Methods: Thirty-six patients with dentofacial deformities at different treatment stages from March to July 2019 were selected for semi-structured interview. Colaizzi content analysis method and QSR NVivo 12.

[Qualitative study on the decision-making of orthognathic surgery in adult patients with malocclusion].

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to explore the experience associated with patient's decision to have or not have orthognathic treatment.

Methods: Phenomenological methodology was used in this study. Ten patients were collected from January 2018 to March 2018, who were consulted in the Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Center of Craniofacial Orthodontics in Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital.

[Growth follow-up of infants born macrosomia at their life of 0 to 18 months].

Objective: To study the growth of macrosomic infants, the incidence of overweight and the factors related to overweight at 18 months old.

Methods: Eighty-four macrosomic infants without underlying diseases were enrolled in this study. Their growth was followed up regularly.