Giorgia D’Amico’s research while affiliated with Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and other places

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Factors Influencing Appliance Wearing Time during Orthodontic Treatments: A Literature Review
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August 2022

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Applied Sciences

Ferruccio Torsello

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Giorgia D’Amico

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Edoardo Staderini

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This review aims to analyze the multiple factors affecting patients’ level of compliance (how much they wear removable devices/clear aligners) during orthodontic treatments and to investigate the available methods and devices to monitor the appliance wearing time and to improve it. A literature search was conducted on electronic databases (Pubmed, Scopus, and Google Scholar). The results of the present study suggest that compliance indicators may misestimate the intraoral wearing time. Compliance is affected by patient-related factors (age, personality traits, the importance of personal appearance, self-perception of malocclusion), appliance-related factors (visibility, pain/discomfort), and clinician-related factors (trust, clear and complete communication, motivation). The motivation of pre-pubertal patients is mostly external, while adolescents/young adults have intrinsic motivation for orthodontic treatment. Patients’ self-reports tend to overestimate the appliance wearing time. Even if there is a lack of evidence, teledentistry might improve patients’ awareness of being monitored, thus increasing the time for which orthodontic devices are worn. Compliance is a key factor for clear aligner treatments, but high-quality studies focusing on this aspect are missing. Further studies should focus on how to handle the lack of cooperation and how to increase compliance in order to maximize the treatment’s results.

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... When patients are informed that their weartime is recorded, they tend to show increased compliance but still wear time of appliances is lesser than that prescribed by the clinician. 11 High percentage of orthodontist (51.85% ) observed poor oral hygiene as common problem in children followed by bracket breakage but in adults' irregular appointments was found to be common problem by 46.30% of orthodontist. This may be due to the busier schedule and more responsibilities of adults but they maintain oral hygiene and they take care of their brackets very well and as compared to children. ...

Reference:

Challenges in Orthodontic Practice -Orthodontists' Perspective
Factors Influencing Appliance Wearing Time during Orthodontic Treatments: A Literature Review

Applied Sciences