January 2021 Vol. 9 No.1

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Original Research Article

Predicting Orthodontic Treatment Need: Reliability and Validity of the Demand for Orthodontic Treatment Questionnaire among Middle School Students, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Arwa Ahmed Fallatah^1*, Dr. Walaa Abdulkareem Altowairqi², Dr. Njood Talal Alshareef³, Dr. Anwar Mohammed Alzahrani⁴, Dr. Waleed Ghazi Taju⁵, Dr. Sarah Wajdi Taher⁶

¹General Dentist –Waly Alahd, Mecca, 24353 SA
²General Dentist, Taif, SA
³General Dentist
⁴General Dentist
⁵Asistant professor in orthodontics at UQUDENT
⁶Asistant professor in orthodontics at UQUDENT

*Corresponding Authors Email: Walaatowairqi@hotmail.com

Received: 26 December 2020  I  Accepted: 10 January 2021  I  Published: 17 January 2021  I  Article ID: MRJMMS-20-216
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to set a pattern predicting orthodontic treatment demand. This is a cross-sectional study where participants were randomly selected from a female teenage population in middle schools in the city of Makkah. The measures were selected from a questionnaire that includes a set of self-assessed measures dealing with self-esteem, Treatment need was assessed by Dental Health Component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need grading. The analysis show that (Perceived Malocclusion, Dental Self-Esteem, need for Dental Comparison, coping with Malocclusion and Treatment Demand) measures are reliable and can indeed predict the need for treatment, as measured by DHC. Perceived Malocclusion, Dental Self-Esteem, need for Dental Comparison, coping with Malocclusion and Treatment Demand) measures are reliable and can indeed predict the need for treatment, as measured by DHC.

Keywords: Malocclusion; Middle School Students, Orthodontic Treatment Need Indices (OTNI), Predicting orthodontic treatment