Bahar, Aufa Dahlia and Sagi, Muhammad Syafiee and Zuhairi, Faris Azim Mohd and Hassan, Wan Nurazreena Wan (2024) Dental Aesthetics and Self-Esteem of Patients Seeking Orthodontic Treatment. Healthcare, 12 (16). p. 1576. ISSN 2227-9032, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12161576.
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(1) Objective: This study aimed to investigate how patients' perceptions of their dental aesthetics and their sense of self-esteem are related. (2) Methods: This cross-sectional survey recruited 141 new patients seeking orthodontic treatment. Patients completed a self-administered questionnaire consisting of three parts: the Malaysian Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire (PIDAQ), Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSES-M), and Aesthetics Component of the Index of Orthodontics Treatment Need (IOTN-AC). Clinical assessment comprised the Dental Health Component of the Index of Orthodontics Treatment Need (IOTN-DHC). Multiple linear regression was performed, with self-esteem as the dependent variable, while the independent variables comprised the domains of PIDAQ; IOTN-AC; IOTN-DHC; and patients' demographics, such as age, gender, and their level of education. (3) Results: The response rate was 96.5% (n = 136 respondents). The multiple linear regression found that, when the other predictors in the model are held constant, Social Impact, Aesthetic Concern, and Dental Self-Confidence are the factors that significantly contributed to explaining the variation in self-esteem, accounting for, 3.9%, 2.3%, and 2.0%, respectively. The entire model explained 23% of the variation in self-esteem. (4) Conclusions: Domains of the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics act as predictors of self-esteem in orthodontic treatment-seeking patients.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (FRGS/1/2022/SKK11/UM/02/21 (FP023-2022)) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | self-esteem; oral health-related quality of life; adolescents; adults; malocclusion |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RK Dentistry |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Dentistry Faculty of Dentistry > Department of Paediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2025 03:17 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2025 03:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/46721 |
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