Difference in Orthodontic Patients’ Perceptions of Essix and Hawley Retainers
| Autor: | Putri I. Kusumawardhani, Krisnawati E. Tarman, Benny M. Soegiharto |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, Vol 21 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1519-0501 1983-4632 |
| Popis: | Objective: To determine differences in how orthodontic patients perceive the aesthetics relating to the use of Essix and Hawley retainers. Material and Methods: Photographs of a female patient using an Essix retainer and a Hawley retainer, respectively, were assessed by 70 orthodontic patients aged between 21 and 55 years. All participants were provided with the same images of the two retainer types being worn and were asked to grade the aesthetics of each retainer using a visual analog scale. The significance of differences in orthodontic patient perceptions of aesthetics in the use of Essix and Hawley Retainers in the young adult and adult age groups were tested using the Mann-Whitney test with assumed significance p |
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