Self-perceived need for dental treatment and related factors. A cross-sectional population-based study

• Main Authors: Luciana Freitas Gomes e SILVA (Author), Erika Barbara Abreu Fonseca THOMAZ (Author), Heloiza Viana FREITAS (Author), Cecília Cláudia Costa RIBEIRO (Author), Alex Luiz Pozzobon PEREIRA (Author), Cláudia Maria Coelho ALVES (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract This study compared adolescents' self-perceived need for orthodontic treatment with the normative need for such treatment and investigated associations between socioeconomic and demographic variables and self-perceptions of dental malocclusion. This cross-sectional study involved 1015...