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Trends in Finnish Public Orthodontic Care from the Professionals' Perspective
Joint Authors
Varrela, Juha
Pietilä, Ilpo
Alanen, Pentti
Pirttiniemi, Pertti
Pietilä, Terttu
Source
International Journal of Dentistry
Issue
Vol. 2009, Issue 2009 (31 Dec. 2009), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2009-02-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The study maps out orthodontic care in Finnish municipal health centres in 2001, describes changes during the previous ten years reported by chief dental officers, and assesses the views of orthodontists on current public orthodontic services.
The data were collected by questionnaires sent to all health centres and all orthodontists in Finland.
Of all 0–18-year-olds, 11% were receiving orthodontic treatment with an appliance (range 2–43% among the health centres).
The most frequently used appliances were headgear, quadhelix, and fixed appliances.
Limited economic resources and the lack of orthodontic expertise were mentioned by the chief dental officers as factors decreasing the volume of services.
The orthodontists mentioned the large regional variation and the lack of national guidelines as the most important aspects that should be improved on a national basis.
To bring about improvement, they suggested increasing the number of specialist orthodontists and the delegation of orthodontic tasks to auxiliaries.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pietilä, Ilpo& Pietilä, Terttu& Varrela, Juha& Pirttiniemi, Pertti& Alanen, Pentti. 2009. Trends in Finnish Public Orthodontic Care from the Professionals' Perspective. International Journal of Dentistry،Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pietilä, Ilpo…[et al.]. Trends in Finnish Public Orthodontic Care from the Professionals' Perspective. International Journal of Dentistry No. 2009 (2009), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Pietilä, Ilpo& Pietilä, Terttu& Varrela, Juha& Pirttiniemi, Pertti& Alanen, Pentti. Trends in Finnish Public Orthodontic Care from the Professionals' Perspective. International Journal of Dentistry. 2009. Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-510255
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-510255