Evaluation of treatment outcomes in the graduate orthodontic clinic at Sefako Makgatho University using the American board of orthodontics cast and radiographic examination
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2020
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Rangan, Mathuraya
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Introduction: Assessment of treatment outcomes is an important component of orthodontics. There are no clearly defined standardised criteria for the assessment of treatment outcomes in orthodontics in South Africa.
Objective: This study serves as an audit for the assessment of treatment results by postgraduate orthodontic students at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU).
Methodology: As a retrospective, descriptive, cross sectional study, all available post-treatment records of patients managed by registrars between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2015 at SMU were graded using the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) Cast and Radiographic Examination (CRE).
Results: Forty nine cases met the inclusion criteria. The average CRE score was below the acceptable range for ABO CRE with a median of 43. The Fishers exact test showed significant differences amongst the CRE scores of the registrars (p=0.00).
Conclusion: The need for postgraduate orthodontic training programmes within South Africa to implement a standardized method of assessing treatment outcomes is evident. The ABO CRE is a resourceful method of assessing the quality of treatment.
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A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Dentistry in the branch of Orthodontics
to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2020