Orthodontic treatment need for Brazilian schoolchildren: a study using the Dental Aesthetic Index

OBJECTIVE: To determine the normative orthodontic treatment need among 12-year-old Brazilian schoolchildren, in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and compare with the need as perceived by the children themselves and their parents or caregivers, assessing putative associated soc...

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Main Authors: Anderson Barbosa de Almeida, Isabel Cristina Gonçalves Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dental Press Editora 2013-02-01
Series:Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2176-94512013000100021