An investigation of the opinions and preferences of orthodontists in Turkey regarding the use of clear aligners in orthodontic treatment: Original article

Year 2023, , 72 - 80, 20.01.2023

Tugba Haliloglu Ozkan , Derya Dursun

https://doi.org/10.21673/anadoluklin.1207700

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate orthodontists’ perspectives on clear aligner treatment in Turkey.

Methods: A novel web-based survey consisting of 14 questions was developed and sent to 2027 members of the Turkish Orthodontic Society via e-mail to evaluate the reasons for why or why not they prefer clear aligners, their opinions about different brands in the market and their perspective on the future of this treatment modality. The association between demographic data and multiple choice questions was examined using Kruskal Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests. The association between Likert-type questions and practice characteristics was analyzed using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Turkey’s post hoc tests.

Results: 62.7% of the 218 respondents currently treat their patients using clear aligners and 76.7% of them prefer Invisalign (Align Technology, California, USA), a clear aligner brand. The main reasons given by orthodontists to use clear aligners were ‘not to lag behind in technology’ and ‘to have prestige in the community’. The majority of participants (83.8%) treat fewer patients with clear aligners than with fixed appliances. 70% of the surveyed orthodontists do not believe that treatment with clear aligners will completely replace treatments with fixed appliances in the near future. 28.6% of the participants stated that they do not intend to use clear aligner treatment in at least the next 1-2 years due to ‘low financial income’ and ‘complexity of clear aligner treatments.

Conclusion: The majority of the surveyed orthodontists currently use clear aligners in their practice, not because they believe clear aligners are more effective or more comfortable than braces or because they are more profitable, but rather to have prestige in the community and not to lag behind in technology. Therefore, it seems that fixed appliance treatment will maintain its place in orthodontic practice as an option for the near future.

Keywords

Methods, orthodontics, orthodontic appliances

Ortodontik tedavide şeffaf plak kullanımına ilişkin Türkiye’deki ortodontistlerin görüş ve tercihlerinin incelenmesi: Orijinal araştırma

Abstract

Amaç: Türkiye’deki ortodontistlerin şeffaf plak tedavisine bakış açılarını değerlendirmek.

Yöntemler: Türk Ortodonti Derneği üyelerinin şeffaf plaklar hakkındaki tercihlerini araştırmak, sektördeki farklı markalar hakkındaki görüşlerini ve bu tedavi yönteminin geleceğine bakış açılarını değerlendirmek amacıyla 14 sorudan oluşan bir web tabanlı anket geliştirilmiş ve kendilerine e-posta yoluyla gönderilmiştir.

Bulgular: Ankete katılanların %62,7’si şu anda hastalarını plak kullanarak tedavi ediyor ve %76.7’si ‘Invisalign’ (Align Technology, California, USA) plak markasını kullanmayı tercih ediyor. Ortodontistlerin plakları kullanmalarının temel nedeni, ‘teknolojide geri kalmamak’ ve ‘toplumda prestij sahibi olmak’ idi. Ankete katılan ortodontistlerin çoğu (%83,8) sabit apareylere kıyasla daha az şeffaf plak hastası tedavi ediyor. Ankete katılan ortodontistlerin büyük çoğunluğu (%70), plaklarla tedavinin yakın gelecekte sabit apareylerin yerini tamamen alacağına inanmıyor. Katılımcıların %28,6’sı ‘finansal getirisinin düşük olması’ ve ‘plak tedavilerinin karmaşıklığı’ nedeniyle önümüzdeki 1-2 yıl içinde şeffaf plak tedavisini kullanmayı düşünmediklerini belirtmiştir.

Sonuç: Ankete katılan ortodontistlerin çoğu, şeffaf plakları sabit apareylerden daha etkili/rahat olduğuna inandıkları veya daha karlı oldukları için değil, toplum içinde prestij sahibi olmak ve teknolojide geri kalmamak için kullandığını belirtmiştir. Bu nedenle sabit aparey tedavisinin yakın gelecekte bir seçenek olarak ortodonti pratiğindeki yerini koruyacağı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

Ortodonti, ortodontik gereçler, yöntemler

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