Family-factor Analysis For The Orthodontic Treatment Desire In Malocclusion Adolescents

Objective:The aim of present study is to explore the family factor to the motivation of orthodontic treatment in malocclusion adolescents.Methods:During September in 2013,choose 40 classes of 5 schools in the urban and rural area of Luzhou.Find out 1782 adolescents with suitable age for orthodontic treatment(12-15 old).There are 1307 adolescents who have malocclusion investigating by trained orthodontic postgraduates together.During parents’ meeting,Questionnaires are distributed to parents of those students.Informed the purpose and significance of the survey,Parents fill in the questionnaires and return to investigators after having finished all subjects.All the data are collected and entered into the computer with Epidata 3.0.Using the SPSS(Statistical Program for Social Science)version 16.0 for analysis of Chi-Square test,multiple Logistic regression,with significance set at the 5 percent level.Results:1.The prevalence rate of malocclusion adolescents in Luzhou is 72.60%,the rate of willing to accept the treatment is 20.95%.2.There is significant association(P<0.05)between the desire for orthodontic treatment and the source of sample,It seems the urban samples have greater desire for orthodontic treatment than the rural samples.3.There is significant association(P<0.05)between the desire for orthodontic treatment and the education background、job and the income of father.There is no significant association(P≥0.05)between the desire for orthodontic treatment and the income of mother、the family structure.With higher education background、stable job and more income,parents have more desire for orthodontic treatment to their children.4.There is significant association(P<0.05)between the desire for orthodontic treatment and the satisfaction of parents on children’s teeth.With the more dissatisfaction,it is more that the opportunities of orthodontic treatment for adolescents.5.There is significant association(P<0.05)between the desire for orthodontic treatment and the personality of parents.With the more extroversion,parents are more willing to let children accept the treatement.6.There is significant association(P<0.05)between the desire for orthodontic treatment and adolescents’ own will.It is more likely to accept orthodontic treatment who has more willing.7.There is significant association(P<0.05)that the advice roads to accept treatment,The most advices come from parents,followed by the children own willing and advices of doctors.8.The more orthodontic knowledge understood,They are more possible to pursuit treatment.It is the dentist that the main way to transmission orthodontic knowledge,followed by friends and medium.9.Among having accepted orthodontic treatment,there is significant association(P<0.05)that between the parents’ desire for orthodontic treatment and adolescents’.10.According to Logistic regression,there are 4 factors significantly correlated with the desire for orthodontic treatment,including the satisfaction of parents on children’s teeth、adolescents’own will、the level of orthodontic knowledge of parents and the orthodontic knowledge transmission from doctors.Conclusion:1.The prevalence rate of malocclusion adolescents in Luzhou is higher,the rate of willing to accept the treatment is lower.There are parents that the most important cause to accept the treatment.2.Family background influences the adolescents’ desire of orthodontic treatment,Such as family resident、parents’education background、stable job and family income、parents’ personality.3.There are 4 factors that the main influence elements,including the satisfaction of parents on children’s teeth、adolescents’ own will、the level of orthodontic knowledge of parents and the orthodontic knowledge transmission from doctors.So,we should strengthen oral health knowledge propaganda by more aspects,improve the public self discrimination ability of oral basic diseases to let more malocclusion adolescents get timely treatment opportunity.