Objective assessment of patient compliance with removable orthodontic appliances A cross-sectional cohort study.
Conclusions: Despite the fact that patients and parents were informed about wear time recording, compliance was insufficient with regard to functional treatment (14 h/d prescription), while it was sufficient for retention purposes (8 h/d prescription). Objective measures are necessary to assess compliance with removable orthodontic appliances since patient compliance is a highly variable issue.
PMID: 23834273 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Angle Orthodontist - Category: Dentistry Authors: Tsomos G, Ludwig B, Grossen J, Pazera P, Gkantidis N Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research