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Attitude of Patients towards Orthodontic Treatment: A Questionnaire Survey

Amarjeet Gambhir, Ashish Kumar and Gita Rani

Attitude of Patients towards Orthodontic Treatment: A Questionnaire Survey

Orthodontic treatment is a lengthy procedure and knowledge of patient perception towards orthodontic therapy can play a vital role in the successful completion of treatment. This study was designed to determine experiences & perceptions of patients towards orthodontic treatment and to categorize those attitudes.A cross-sectional questionnaire based survey was conducted among 72 patients who had completed orthodontic treatment during a period of 1 year. Nineteen items questionnaires were used to collect the data which was analyzed by using SPSS software version 13.