Mål: Målet med arbetet var att undersöka varför vissa patienter har bättre compliance vid ortodontisk behandling än andra och vad som kan förbättra compliance. Detta för att möjliggöra utarbetningen av en framtida metod som skulle kunna upptäcka non-compliers innan behandlingsstart och därigenom kunna ge dem en mer effektiv behandling. Enskilda prediktorer för compliance och deras relativa påverkan på compliance undersöktes också.Metod: Artiklar samlades in via en sökning i databaserna PubMed och Cochrane med hjälp av MeSH-termer. Dessa lästes sedan igenom och för undersökningen relevanta artiklar togs fram med hjälp av exklusions- och inklusionskriterier.Resultat: Övervakning av patienters användning av sin apparatur med hjälp av timermodul ökar compliance över tiden. Lägre ålder på patienten samt dennes relation till sina föräldrar och deras engagemang i behandlingen påverkade compliance positivt, liksom kortare behandlingstid.Slutsats: Det går med nuvarande forskningsunderlag inte att förutsäga compliance på ett pålitligt sätt. Istället bör vårdgivaren fokusera på att skapa en god compliance genom att inleda behandlingen så tidigt så möjligt, att få patientens föräldrar att intressera sig för behandlingen och hjälpa barnet med den, samt att informera patienten att man övervakar användningstiden med hjälp utav inbyggda timers. / Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate why some patients have better compliance when in orthodontic treatment than others and which factors that can improve compliance. This would enable the development of a future model which could help dentists to detect non-compliers before the start of treatment, and thereby provide a more effective treatment. Specific predictors for compliance and their relative effect on compliance were also investigated.Method: Articles were collected by a search in PubMed and Cochrane, through the use of multiple MeSH-terms. The resulting articles were then read trough and relevant articles were extracted with the help of exclusion- and inclusion criteria.Results: Surveillance of the patients use of their appliances with the help of a timermodule increases compliance over time. Lower patient age and the patients relationship to their parents in concordance with the parents engagement in treatment affects compliance positively, as did shorter treatment time.Conclusion: Our findings indicate that there are insufficient research results to predict compliance in a reliable way. Instead, the dentist should focus on creating a high compliance by starting treatment as early as possible; to get the patients parents invested in the treatment of their child, and inform the patient that his or her appliance usage is being monitored through built-in timers.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T14:30:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao_rita_regina_souza_lamas.pdf: 2792167 bytes, checksum: 98b838b5683d2fd51f71535422c7380b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-14 / Poor hygiene associated with the use of orthodontic appliances in children and adolescents may increase the occurrence of oral diseases associated to, such as caries and gingivitis, turning important the knowledge of the most effective, used and designated cleaning methods for these devices. The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of use of removable orthodontic appliances, hygiene methods used by school children and prescribed by dentists of the city of Pelotas/RS, and evaluating variables associated with it. This study was conducted in the city of Pelotas in a sample of schoolchildren aged 13-19 years from 20 schools, 16 public and 4 private. Two questionnaires were conducted to determine some socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics associated with the use of braces and another to determine the cleaning methods indicated by dentists of the city. The questionnaire of children was performed in the schools and the dentists questionnaire was performed through telephone calls. Statistical analysis was descriptive and bivariate, through the Chi-square test, or Fisher Linear Trend, depending on the type of variable exhibitor, with a p-value <0.05 as statistically significant. The frequency of use in schools was 5.4%. Students (89.76%) and dentists (47.21%) reported brushing with toothpaste as the main method of cleaning. In conclusion, the method most widely used and recommended for acrylics hygiene appliances, prescribed by dentists and used by adolescents, was brushing with toothpaste / A higiene precária associada ao uso de aparelhos ortodônticos em crianças e adolescentes pode aumentar a ocorrência de enfermidades bucais como a cárie e doenças periodontais, tornando-se importante o conhecimento dos métodos mais efetivos, mais utilizados e indicados para higienização destes dispositivos. Os objetivos deste estudo foram: determinar a frequência de uso de aparelhos ortodônticos removíveis, os métodos de higiene utilizados por escolares e indicados por dentistas da cidade de Pelotas/RS, além de avaliar variáveis associadas com isso. Foi utilizada uma amostra de escolares de 13-19 anos, provenientes de 20 escolas, quatro privadas e 16 públicas. Foram realizados dois questionários para determinar algumas características sócio-demográficas e comportamentais associadas ao uso de aparelhos ortodônticos e outro para determinar os métodos de higiene indicados pelos cirurgiões-dentistas da cidade. O questionário dos estudantes foi realizado nas escolas e o dos dentistas através de ligações telefônicas. A análise estatística foi através de análise descritiva e através de associações com os testes: Qui-Quadrado (X2) de Pearson ou Tendência linear, conforme o tipo de variável expositora, com um valor p<0,05 como estatisticamente significativo. A frequência de uso nas escolas foi de 5,4%. Os estudantes (89,76%) e dentistas (47,21%) relataram, como método de limpeza, escovação com creme dental. Em conclusão, o método mais usado e mais recomendado para higiene de aparelhos acrílicos prescrito por dentistas e usado por adolescentes foi escovação com creme dental