EFFECTS OF ORTHODONTIA ON PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING

青少年寻求正畸治疗往往出现动机 受社会和心理因素的影响。 其中包括预期 其他人对他们的牙齿面部外观的负面反应， 这种预期对心理社会功能的影响。 大约80 据报道，在寻求治疗的人中， 而不是生理功能的问题。 以来 大约70%的人口有某种形式的牙面 不正当关系，基于心理社会的潜在治疗需求 需要是伟大的。 使用公款提供牙齿矫正治疗 进一步增加了确定心理社会问题的必要性， 可以通过正畸治疗缓解的功能。 然而 正畸治疗的心理社会影响还不充分， 在系统研究中得到证实。 这项研究利用了一个 随机对照组设计，以评估这些影响。 八十八角 青少年，12至13岁，恒牙，谁是寻求 正畸治疗，将包括研究样本。 这些受试者将 随机分配至治疗组或对照组。 的电池 心理社会工具，包括牙面测量 吸引力，自我封闭感，自我形象，社会行为， 以及父母对孩子的封闭性的看法， 在开始之前给予儿童和/或其母亲 治疗组的正畸治疗。 该办法 在治疗过程中重复两次，并立即再次，6 个月，以及拆除固定器具后一年。 治疗 和对照组将在这些措施上进行比较， 在一系列单变量分析中用作协变量的测量。 对照组在获得所有数据后将接受正畸治疗 都收集起来了 这项研究将提供第一个数据，从一个控制 关于正畸矫正程度的研究 改善青少年的心理和社会功能。

Adolescents seeking orthodontic treatment frequently appear to be motivated by social and psychological factors. These include the anticipation of others' negative reactions to their dental-facial appearance and the effects of this anticipation on psychosocial functioning. An estimated 80 percent of those seeking treatment are reported to be primarily concerned about facial esthetics, rather than problems of physical functions. Since approximately 70 percent of the population has some form of dentofacial malrelations, the potential demands for treatment based on psychosocial need is great. The use of public funds to provide orthodontic treatment has further increased the need to identify problems of psychosocial functioning which could be alleviated by orthodontic treatment. Yet the psychosocial effects of orthodontic treatment have not been adequately demonstrated in systematic research. The proposed study utilizes a randomized control group design to assess these effects. Eighty-eight adolescents, 12 to 13 years old, with permanent dentition, who are seeking orthodontic treatment, will comprise the study sample. These subjects will be randomly assigned to the Treatment Group or Control Group. A battery of psychosocial instruments, including measures of dental-facial attractiveness, self-perception of occlusion, self-image, social behavior, and parents' perceptions of their children's occlusion, will be administered to chilren and/or their mothers just prior to initiating orthodontic treatment for the Treatment Group. The measures will be repeated twice during the course of treatment and again immediately, six months, and one year after the removal of fixed appliances. The Treatment and Control Groups will be compared on these measures, with pretreatment measures used as covariables in a series of univariate analyses. Orthodontic treatment will be provided for the Control Group after all data are collected. This research will provide the first data from a controlled study regarding the extent to which orthodontic correction can be expected to improve psychological and social functioning in adolescents.