- Patient expectation
Generation expectations
- Younger generations trend to perfectionism, expecting more of themselves and others Curran 2019
Study investigating orthodontist and patient perception 400+ participants
- Modified casts class 1, class 2, class 3
- VAS of aesthetic outcomes
- Class 1 best aesthetics 80-90%
- Class 3 worst aesthetics 25-40%
Willingness to extend treatment by parents
- Patients willing to extend for 7 months
- Orthodontist willing to extend for 5 months
Terminate treatment
- Parents less likely to terminate treatment and accept less ideal outcome than orthodontists
- Seeking treatment provider and method
Teledentistry questionnaire
Questionnaire exploring patients perception of having remote treatment Vs face to face
- 25% interested in teledentistry
- 72% preferred face to face
Questionnaire exploring which provider would patients go to for orthodontics
- 44% orthodontist
- 22% general dentist
- 34% direct to consumer
- Younger more likely to go to an orthodontist,
- Older more likely to DTC
- Educated more likely to go to an orthodontist,
- Less education more likely to DTC
