The Reliability and Validity of Intraoral Photographs in Assessing Orthodontic Treatment Need.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Orthodontic treatment need has commonly been assessed using treatment need indices during clinical examinations or using photographs in combination with plaster casts. Recently, the use of intraoral photographs alone to screen malocclusions has increased.

Objective

This study aimed to validate intraoral photographs for the assessment of orthodontic treatment need.

Materials and methods

The study sample consisted of case files from 30 pre-orthodontic patients aged 12-19 years. Each case file included intraoral photographs and casts. The cases were consecutively recruited from two orthodontic treatment waiting lists: 15 from the Department of Orthodontics at Folktandvården Eastmaninstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden and 15 from the Center for Orthodontics and Pediat

SUBMITTER: Goranson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12056458 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature