@article{Acharya_Mishra_Shrestha_Shah_2019, title={Orthodontic Treatment Knowledge among General Dentists and Non-orthodontic Specialists}, volume={9}, url={https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/OJN/article/view/25689}, DOI={10.3126/ojn.v9i1.25689}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>General dentists and specialists other than orthodontist may encounter patient requiring orthodontic treatment. For proper counseling and referral, it is important that general dentists and non-orthodontic specialists have adequate level of orthodontic knowledge.</p> <p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the knowledge of orthodontic treatment among general dentists and non-orthodontic specialists and to compare the knowledge between the two groups.</p> <p><strong>Materials & Method: </strong>A descriptive cross sectional study using questionnaire was performed among 185 actively practicing general dentists and non-orthodontic specialists of Nepal. The questionnaire comprised of three parts. The first part included demographic details, second part contained 5 multiple choice questions regarding orthodontic counseling and third part integrated 18 questions for evaluating knowledge of orthodontic treatment. Each correct answer was given score 1 and every incorrect answer was scored zero in the third part of the questionnaire.</p> <p><strong>Result: </strong>Among total participants, 60.5% think first orthodontic evaluation of a child should be carried out within 7 to 8 years of age and 44.3% think orthodontic treatment can even be started after 40 years of age. Around 66% of the participants think that orthodontic treatment cannot be performed in periodontally compromised cases. No significant difference was found between the mean scores of knowledge among general dentists and non-orthodontic specialists (<em>p</em>=0.891), or among dentists with different years of experience (<em>p</em>=0.644).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is a need for more education of orthodontic treatment concepts to the dentists who do not belong to orthodontic field for proper counseling and referral.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Orthodontic Journal of Nepal}, author={Acharya, Asal and Mishra, Praveen and Shrestha, Rabindra Man and Shah, Pooja}, year={2019}, month={Sep.}, pages={40–44} }