Factors associated with orthodontic pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pain experienced at teeth during orthodontic treatment varies largely over time, with the reasons for its interindividual variability being largely unknown: age, sex, clinical activations, psychosocial factors and genetic polymorphisms of candidate genes are putative factors that may account to explain this variability. We aimed to investigate the effect of clinical, demographic, psychological and genetic factors on pain levels experienced during fixed orthodontic treatment.

Methods

A convenience sample of 183 patients undergoing full-fixed orthodontic treatment were recruited. Participant's pain levels were assessed seven times over a three-day period via a smartphone app. Clinical, demographic and psychological data were collected via questionnaires. This includ

SUBMITTER: Lin W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292641 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature