Associations between orthodontic treatment need and oral health-related quality of life among young adults: does it depend on how you assess them?

Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2011 Apr;39(2):137-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00573.x. Epub 2011 Jan 7.

Authors

Zhijian Liu¹, Colman McGrath, Urban Hägg

Affiliation

¹ Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

PMID: 21210961
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00573.x

No abstract available

© 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dental Health Surveys
Esthetics, Dental / psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Malocclusion / therapy
Needs Assessment*
Oral Health
Orthodontics* / statistics & numerical data
Quality of Life / psychology*
Young Adult