Research Article
Perception of Iraqi Orthodontists and Patients toward Accelerated Orthodontics
Table 4
Preference for different procedures for a 25% to 30% reduction in treatment time.
| | Treatment | Group | Preference no. (%) | Chi-square | d.f. | value | | 1 (most willing) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (least willing) |
| | Custom-made appliances | Orthodontists | 100 (42.4%) | 56 (23.7%) | 52 (22.0%) | 20 (8.5%) | 8 (3.4%) | 3.435 | 4 | 0.487 | | Patients | 158 (40.7%) | 128 (33.0%) | 56 (14.4%) | 28 (7.2%) | 18 (4.6%) |
| | Intraoral teeth vibrators | Orthodontists | 40 (16.9%) | 108 (45.8%) | 53 (22.5%) | 19 (8.1%) | 16 (6.8%) | 7.354 | 4 | 0.11832 | | Patients | 113 (29.1%) | 167 (43.0%) | 45 (11.6%) | 42 (10.8%) | 21 (5.4%) |
| | Corticotomies | Orthodontists | 48 (20.3%) | 40 (16.9%) | 64 (27.1%) | 60 (25.4%) | 24 (10.2%) | 7.457 | 4 | 0.11362 | | Patients | 46 (11.9%) | 62 (16.0%) | 89 (22.9%) | 102 (26.3%) | 89 (22.9%) |
| | Piezocision | Orthodontists | 40 (16.9%) | 104 (44.1%) | 48 (20.3%) | 36 (15.3%) | 8 (3.4%) | 17.868 | 4 | 0.00131 | | Patients | 64 (16.5%) | 78 (20.1%) | 108 (27.8%) | 82 (21.1%) | 56 (14.4%) |
| | Locally injected intraoral drugs | Orthodontists | 56 (23.7%) | 44 (18.6%) | 48 (20.3%) | 64 (27.1%) | 24 (10.2%) | 11.751 | 4 | 0.019302 | | Patients | 43 (11.1%) | 52 (13.4%) | 87 (22.4%) | 109 (28.1%) | 97 (25.0%) |
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