Orthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey

Ioulia-Maria Mylonopoulou, Iosif Sifakakis, Elias Berdouses, Katerina Kavvadia, Konstantinos Arapostathis and Constantine J. Oulis
Additional contact information
Ioulia-Maria Mylonopoulou: Department of Orthodontics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
Iosif Sifakakis: Department of Orthodontics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
Elias Berdouses: Independent Researcher, 15231 Athens, Greece
Katerina Kavvadia: Department of Paediatric Dentistry, European University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2404, Cyprus
Konstantinos Arapostathis: Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Constantine J. Oulis: Department of Paediatric Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 22, 1-11

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to assess the orthodontic status and orthodontic treatment needs of 12- and 15-year-old schoolchildren in Greece, in relation to sociodemographic factors and parental education level. A total of 1102 12-year-old children and 1131 15-year-old adolescents across Greece were assessed using the Modified Dental Health component (DHC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN). An amount of 38.7% of 12-year-olds and 33.7% of 15-year-olds were in definite need of orthodontic treatment. The most common etiologic factors were tooth eruption and position anomalies. A higher rate of orthodontic treatment need was recorded among subjects with lower parental education level. Class I malocclusion was found in 50.9%, Class II in 38.4% and Class III in 10.8% of the total sample. A higher incidence of dental trauma was found in the 12-year-olds presenting with a Class II molar relationship and >3 mm overjet. The need for orthodontic treatment in Greece was higher, in comparison to other European countries, with one out of two children presenting a severe overjet associated with a high incidence of dental trauma. One out of three adolescents were still judged as having a need for orthodontic treatment by the age of 15.

Keywords: malocclusion; orthodontic status; orthodontic treatment need; modified IOTN (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11790/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11790/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:22:p:11790-:d:675989

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().