Psychosocial Impact of Malocclusion and Self-Perceived Orthodontic Treatment Need among Young Adult Dental Patients.
Afnan A Ben GassemAljazi H AldweeshEman I AlsagobAljawharah M AlanaziArwa M HafizRahaf S AljohaniYara E KurdiOsama A Abu HammadPublished in: European journal of dentistry (2022)
Perceived psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics is directly related to severity of malocclusion (self-rated and clinician-rated) for all domains of the PIDAQ accept the DSC, and females showed higher psychosocial impact than males. Clinicians should consider the impact of malocclusion and certain demographic characteristics on the psychosocial well-being of an individual when determining the orthodontic treatment need.