Changes in malocclusion over time in New Zealand adolescents

Foster Page Lyndie A.; Murray Thomson W.; Quick Andrew N.

doi:10.2478/aoj-2011-0022

Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Nov 2011)

Changes in malocclusion over time in New Zealand adolescents

Foster Page Lyndie A.,
Murray Thomson W.,
Quick Andrew N.

Affiliations

Foster Page Lyndie A.: 1Department of Oral Rehabilitation Sir John Walsh Research Institute, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Murray Thomson W.: 2Department of Oral Sciences, Sir John Walsh Research Institute, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Quick Andrew N.: 2Department of Oral Sciences, Sir John Walsh Research Institute, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2011-0022
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27, no. 2
pp. 169 – 175

Abstract

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Background: The Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) has been used in many cross-sectional studies of population samples, but its use in assessing changes in malocclusion is less common. The aim of the present study was to describe the natural history of malocclusion and investigate the utility of the DAI as a measure for describing changes in malocclusion in a population-based sample of adolescents.

Published in Australasian Orthodontic Journal

ISSN: 2207-7480 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://sciendo.com/it/journal/AOJ

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