Abstract
Background: Dental appearance satisfaction is important among teenagers because decision
concerning the personal characteristics of individuals is influenced by their dental appearance in the
absence of other information. Objective of this study was to determine the self-evaluated dental
appearance satisfaction among young adolescence. Methods: This questionnaire based descriptive
cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2019 to January 2020 in 13–17 years old
government high school going children in District Peshawar. Children with history of jaw trauma, and
those receiving or had received orthodontic treatment were excluded. Data was analysed using SPSS22. Mean±SD, frequencies, and percentages were calculated. Chi-square and t-tests were applied as per
requirement of data, and p≤0.05 was considered as significant. Results: A total of 850 subjects, 600
(70%) males and 250 (30%) females were included in the study. Mean age of the participants was
15±1.37 years. Total 600 (70.5%) students had good psychological well-being regarding their dental
appearance, 177 (20.8%) had satisfactory, and 73 (8.6%) had poor psychological well-being regarding
their dental appearance. Conclusion: More than half of the subjects expressed pleasure with their
dental appearance and male students were more satisfied than female students
Ariffullah Khan, Nazullah Khan, Muhammad Salman Khan, Haseeb Ahmad, Shahwar Ahmad, Mahwish Zeb. (2020) SELF EVALUATION OF DENTAL APPEARANCE SATISFACTION AMONG CHILDREN AGED 13–17 YEARS ATTENDING GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN PESHAWAR, Pakistan Journal of Physiology, Volume 16, Issue 2.
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