[Dental characteristics and orthodontic treatment need of the Dutch adult population]. 1989

R C Burgersdijk, and F W Frankenmolen, and G J Truin, and H Kalsbeek, and M A van't Hof

In this article the results are presented of a nationwide representative study of dental anomalies in the group of 15-74 years Dutchmen. Also the subjective and objective need of orthodontic treatment in the age group 15-34 years is described. The principal findings are: of the 15-19 years olds, 27% is treated with orthodontic appliance; general practitioners performed 45% of these orthodontic treatments; --unsatisfied with the position of the front teeth is 25% of the 15-34 year old; an objective need for treatment is found in 39% of this age group; in 14% there is both an objective and a subjective need for treatment; both the subjective and objective need of orthodontic treatment is greater in the group of persons who were treated in the past than in the group of persons who never were treated.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008310 Malocclusion Such malposition and contact of the maxillary and mandibular teeth as to interfere with the highest efficiency during the excursive movements of the jaw that are essential for mastication. (Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982) Angle's Classification,Crossbite,Tooth Crowding,Cross Bite,Angle Classification,Angles Classification,Bite, Cross,Bites, Cross,Classification, Angle's,Cross Bites,Crossbites,Crowding, Tooth,Crowdings, Tooth,Malocclusions
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009426 Netherlands Country located in EUROPE. It is bordered by the NORTH SEA, BELGIUM, and GERMANY. Constituent areas are Aruba, Curacao, and Sint Maarten, formerly included in the NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Holland,Kingdom of the Netherlands
D009971 Orthodontics, Corrective The phase of orthodontics concerned with the correction of malocclusion with proper appliances and prevention of its sequelae (Jablonski's Illus. Dictionary of Dentistry). Corrective Orthodontics
D003753 Dental Health Surveys A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to dental or oral health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area. Dental Health Survey,Health Survey, Dental,Health Surveys, Dental,Survey, Dental Health,Surveys, Dental Health
D005260 Female Females
D006301 Health Services Needs and Demand Health services required by a population or community as well as the health services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for. Health Services Needs,Needs,Needs and Demand, Health Services,Target Population,Health Services Need,Need, Health Services,Needs, Health Services,Population, Target,Populations, Target,Target Populations
D006302 Health Services Research The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) Health Care Research,Medical Care Research,Research, Health Services,Action Research,Health Services Evaluation,Healthcare Research,Research, Medical Care,Evaluation, Health Services,Evaluations, Health Services,Health Services Evaluations,Research, Action,Research, Health Care,Research, Healthcare
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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