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Article Information
| Article Information |
| Title |
A Comparison of the Severity of Malocclusion Between Two Centres in the United Kingdom and Malaysia: A Preliminary Investigation |
| Author(s) |
Sarah H.A. Ghani, S. Sundralingam |
| Journal |
Annals of Dentistry (ISSN 0128-7532) |
| Volume |
2, No 1 |
| Year |
1995 |
| Keywords |
lOTN, dental health and aesthetic component. |
| Abstract |
The preliminary investigation was carried out to assess the severity of
malocclusion between two centres, the dental schools in Leeds, United
Kingdom and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A total of 99 study models were
analysed using the Index ofOrthodontic Treatment Need (lOIN). Thestudy
models were ofpatients aged 8to 15years, equally distributed between male
and female patients taken from the undergraduate and staff clinics. Forty
nine and fifty study models were analysed at the Leeds Dental School and
FacultyofDentistry,University ofMalaya,respectively.Fromthisobservation,
it appeared that the sample of patients treated at the Faculty of Dentistry,
Kuala Lumpur presented approximately 25%higher with casesin the severe
end of the malocclusion based on the dental health component and almost
70%more with the aesthetic component. Factors contributing to this finding
are discussed; |
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