Abstract
Attitude and Knowledge of Orthodontics among General Dentists and Non-Orthodontic Specialists: A Questionnaire Based Survey
Highlights
Malocclusion is the abnormality of eruption process of permanent or deciduous teeth in jaws, considered to being one of the most important factors, next to dental caries that causes significant oral pathology
According to the knowledge section, the positive responses were the highest for the ninth question, which included the effect of bad habits on aligning the teeth.The lowest number of positive responses was knowing the appropriate age to start the orthodontic treatment
Most of the participants were advising patients to choose orthodontic treatment with less than half of the dentists (133) indicating that they had not performed any checks on orthodontic problems (Figure 1)
Summary
Malocclusion is the abnormality of eruption process of permanent or deciduous teeth in jaws, considered to being one of the most important factors, next to dental caries that causes significant oral pathology. The task of educating the patient lies largely upon the dentists who do not have a specialist knowledge in orthodontics. Their role is important in identifying the patient who needs to undergo a correction in dental occlusion or other orthodonticrelated treatments [7]. Assessing the knowledge of dentistsin orthodontics is necessary to ensure that they are able to diagnoseany problemsin patients and they are subsequently referred to orthodontic specialists for treatment [8]
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