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| Author(s): |
Danilo Pinelli Valarelli
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Bauru. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB/SDB) |
| Defense date: | 2007-01-16 |
| Examining board members: |
Guilherme dos Reis Pereira Janson;
Arnaldo Pinzan;
Julio Wilson Vigorito
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| Advisor: | Guilherme dos Reis Pereira Janson |
| Abstract | |
The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the treatment time of complete Class II malocclusion treated nonextraction and with four-premolar extraction protocols. For that purpose, ninety-one patients were selected and divided into two groups, according to the extraction criteria. Group 1, treated with four premolar extractions consisted of 48 patients (27 male; 21 female) with a mean age of 13.03 years. Group 2, treated nonextraction consisted of 43 patients (22 male; 21 female) with a mean age of 12.64 years. The IPT, Index of Priority of Treatment, was calculated in the initials and finals dental casts of those patients to quantify the initial malocclusion and the final occlusion. Treatment times of the groups were compared by means of the t test. Results demonstrated that treatment time was not significantly different between the treatment protocols. It was speculated that the main responsible factor for the similarity among the nonextraction and with four-premolar extraction protocols treatment times is the need of the molar relationship correction, which is similar in both protocols. (AU) | |