醫學院學生之前牙排列狀況對牙齒外觀的滿意度及尋求齒顎矯正治療動機之影響

Influence of Anterior Teeth Alignment of Medical Students on the Satisfaction with the Dental Appearance and the Motivation for Orthodontic Treatment

馮懷珍(Hwai-Jen Fong) ； 蘇燿文(Yao-Wen Su) ； 許必靈(Spring Hsu) ； 況守信(Shouh-Sin Kuang) ； 季麟掦(Lin-Yang Chi)

《中華牙醫學雜誌》 23卷3期 (2004/06) Pp. 230-237

https://doi.org/10.7105/CDJ.200406.0230

摘要

本研究探討年輕成人之前牙排列對牙齒外觀滿意度與尋求齒顎矯正治療動機之影響。自陽明大學一年級學生中以性別作分層隨機取樣，以問卷的方式收集資料，共收集問卷155份。以卡方檢定分析影響牙齒外觀滿意度之因素，以費雪氏精確檢定分析前牙排列狀況與牙齒外觀滿意度及矯正治療需求之關係。結果發現：70.3%的受訪者認為牙齒排列整齊對整體顏面外觀重要或非常重要，與牙齒外觀滿意度相關的前牙排列狀況包括上排和下排前牙不整齊。50%的人有齒顎矯正治療需求，與直覺治療需求有關的前牙排列狀況為上排或下排前牙不整齊與上排前牙位置太暴，與不考慮花費之治療需求有關者為上排前牙不整齊，然而當考慮花費時只有5.2%的受訪者希望在大學畢業之前接受治療，且前牙排列情形與治療需求無關。

關鍵字

前牙排列 ； 牙齒外觀滿意度 ； 齒顎矯正治療需求

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of anterior teeth alignment on the satisfaction with the dental appearance and the demand for orthodontic treatment. A sample of freshmen at National Yang-Ming University was randomly stratified for selection according to gender Data were collected through a structured questionnaire. One hundred fifty-seven questionnaires were analyzed with Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test to compare the importance of various factors on satisfaction with the dental appearance and the demand for orthodontic treatment. The results showed that 70.3% of our sample considered that proper teeth alignment is important for facial appearance. Irregularity of the upper or lower anterior teeth was significantly associated with satisfaction with the dental appearance. Fifty percent of this sample expressed a demand for orthodontic treatment. Irregularity of the upper and/or lower anterior teeth and increased overjet were associated with perceived orthodontic treatment demand. However, only 5.2% of this sample had a demand for orthodontic treatment when considering the costs.

並列關鍵字

anterlor teeth allgnment ； satisfaction with dental appeaune ； demand for orthodontic treatment