Open AccessOrthodontic treatment need in higher primary schoolchildren of Central Bengaluru, India
Author(s) -
Jyothi Shashidhar,
Shashidhar Chandrashekhar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_438_17
Subject(s) - medicine , dental health , dentistry , population , environmental health
The aim of this study was to evaluate the orthodontic treatment need in 11-14-year-old schoolchildren of Central Bengaluru, India, using the index of orthodontic treatment need (IOTN) and to analyze the treatment needs between males and females and correlation between the esthetic to aesthetic (AC) and dental health component (DHC) of IOTN.