Mani Bhuvaneswari, Mani Muralimani, Ramar Selvakumar, Srinidhi S, Bharathi S R, Sengodan Tamilselvi
Assistant professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Dental Sciences, Chengalpet, Tamil Nadu, India.
Professor, Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Sri venkateswara dental college, Chennai, Tamil nadu, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2021 Nov;13(Suppl 2):S1029-S1032. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_287_21. Epub 2021 Nov 10.
The aim of the current survey was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and awareness regarding orthognathic surgery among orthodontic patients.
This is cross-sectional web-based questionnaire survey conducted among orthodontic patients in Tamil Nadu. The self-administered questions related to awareness of orthognathic surgery were collected from 500 subjects. The statistical analysis was done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (V 22.0). The frequency distribution was computed.
This survey revealed that 466 (93.2%) respondents had awareness about the role of orthognathic surgery. 332 (66.4%) had given the correct responses related to differentiating skeletal and dental malocclusion, 454 (90.6%) had the awareness of risk factors associated with orthognathic surgery and 40 (7.0%) were experienced regarding the procedure.
The result of the current study showed that it clearly implies that the population was aware of orthognathic surgery as a treatment modality for correcting skeletal deformities.
本次调查旨在评估正畸患者对正颌外科手术的知识、态度和认知情况。
这是一项在泰米尔纳德邦的正畸患者中开展的基于网络的横断面问卷调查。从500名受试者中收集了与正颌外科手术认知相关的自填式问题。使用社会科学统计软件包(第22.0版)进行统计分析。计算频率分布。
本次调查显示,466名(93.2%)受访者了解正颌外科手术的作用。332名(66.4%)对区分骨骼性和牙性错颌给出了正确回答,454名(90.6%)了解与正颌外科手术相关的风险因素,40名(7.0%)有过该手术经历。
当前研究结果表明,这清楚地意味着该人群知晓正颌外科手术是矫正骨骼畸形的一种治疗方式。