与其他牙科专业相比，外行人对正畸专业的了解、需求和需要。

Knowledge, demand, and the need of lay people for the orthodontic specialty in comparison to other dental disciplines.

作者信息

Bindayel Naif A

机构信息

Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

出版信息

J Orthod Sci. 2018 Jun 6;7:9. doi: 10.4103/jos.JOS_5_18. eCollection 2018.

DOI:10.4103/jos.JOS_5_18

PMID:29963504

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6004739/

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To assess the knowledge of, demand for, and need for the orthodontic specialty in comparison to other dental fields in a sample of Saudi males.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

multiple choice questionnaire was designed to assess participants' knowledge interest, demand, and need for treatment in the following dental specialties: orthodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, endodontics, and restorative dentistry. Subjects desiring clinical examination underwent further assessment to document their actual needs. In addition to the subjects' age, the frequencies of tooth brushing, dental pain, treatment seeking, and routine checkup were collected. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's Chi-square test were applied to compare the percentages of the knowledge of, demand for, and need for each dental discipline. The significance level was set at < 0.05.

RESULTS

total of 1566 Saudi males completed the initial survey of dental knowledge, and 1406 subjects then completed the needs checklist. For the assessment of treatment needed, a total of 177 Saudi males were examined. The average age was 31.25 years (±13.44) and 30.61 years (±10.21) for the surveyed and examined groups, respectively. Subjects' interest in orthodontic knowledge (25%) and demand (27.6%) were not significantly different ( = 0.113), unlike the highly significant difference in the need counterpart (62.5%, < 0.001). Highly significant differences ( < 0.001) were detected between the three outcome frequencies (knowledge interest, demand, and need) within all dental disciplines, except for the endodontic group where there was no significant difference detected ( = 0.625). Further analysis for the differences between each possible pairing of the three outcomes is highlighted.

CONCLUSIONS

Subjects' knowledge of orthodontics approximated their treatment demand. However, orthodontic need was significantly much higher. Different patterns of distinction for other dental specialties were detected and described.

摘要

目的

在一组沙特男性样本中，评估与其他牙科领域相比，对正畸专科的了解程度、需求和需要。

材料与方法

设计了多项选择题问卷，以评估参与者对以下牙科专科的知识、兴趣、治疗需求和需要：正畸学、牙周病学、口腔修复学、牙髓病学和牙齿修复学。希望接受临床检查的受试者接受了进一步评估，以记录他们的实际需求。除了受试者的年龄外，还收集了刷牙频率、牙痛、寻求治疗和定期检查的频率。应用描述性统计和Pearson卡方检验来比较每个牙科专业的了解程度、需求和需要的百分比。显著性水平设定为<0.05。

结果

共有1566名沙特男性完成了牙科知识的初步调查，然后有1406名受试者完成了需求清单。为了评估所需治疗，共检查了177名沙特男性。被调查组和被检查组的平均年龄分别为31.25岁（±13.44）和30.61岁（±10.21）。受试者对正畸知识的兴趣（25%）和需求（27.6%）没有显著差异（=0.113），但在需求方面存在高度显著差异（62.5%，<0.001）。在所有牙科专业中，除牙髓病学组未检测到显著差异（=0.625）外，在三种结果频率（知识兴趣、需求和需要）之间检测到高度显著差异（<0.001）。突出显示了对三种结果的每对可能配对之间差异的进一步分析。