Development and Validation of a Measure of Attitudes Toward Malocclusion
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- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 61 (9) , 1039-1043
Abstract
The Orthodontic Attitude Survey was designed to assess children's and their parents' attitudes toward malocclusion and orthodontic treatment. Five consistent clusters of attitudes had discriminant validity, and were significantly related to plans for orthodontic treatment and to objective and subjective indicators of the child's occlusal status and appearance.Keywords
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