PMID- 37493849
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230727
LR  - 20230729
IS  - 2177-6709 (Electronic)
IS  - 2176-9451 (Print)
IS  - 2176-9451 (Linking)
VI  - 28
IP  - 3
DP  - 2023
TI  - Perceived esthetics and value of clear aligner therapy systems: A survey among 
      dental school instructors and undergraduate students.
PG  - e232225
LID - S2176-94512023000300303 [pii]
LID - 10.1590/2177-6709.28.3.e232225.oar [doi]
LID - e232225
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the attractiveness, acceptability, visibility and 
      willingness-to-pay for clear aligner therapy (CAT) systems in first-year and 
      final-year dental students and instructors. METHODS: A questionnaire designed to 
      collect information regarding esthetic preferences and intentions related to 
      seven CAT systems was handed out to 120 undergraduate students and instructors at 
      the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA). Proportional odds models and 
      population average generalized estimating equation models were used to examine 
      potential association between participant characteristics, esthetic perceptions 
      and CAT systems. RESULTS: Overall, the examined CAT systems received favorable 
      esthetic ratings. Expertise status was significantly associated with 
      willingness-to-pay additionally for CAT, compared to fixed orthodontic 
      appliances. There was no association between sex, previous orthodontic treatment 
      history, satisfaction with own dental appearance and potential interest in 
      treatment and aligner visibility and willingness-to-pay. CAT system was 
      significantly associated with the perceived aligner visibility, acceptability and 
      attractiveness by students and instructors. CONCLUSIONS: CAT systems were 
      considered to a great extent attractive and acceptable for future treatment by 
      dental school instructors and students. Willingness-to-pay for CAT systems was 
      significantly associated with expertise status, with instructors appearing more 
      reluctant to pay for CAT.
FAU - Livas, Christos
AU  - Livas C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9877-5645
AD  - Dental Clinics Zwolle, Division of Orthodontics (Zwolle, The Netherlands).
FAU - Pazhman, Fatema Shabnam
AU  - Pazhman FS
AUID- ORCID: 0009-0003-4531-8522
AD  - University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Academic Centre for 
      Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Master Dentistry program (Amsterdam, The 
      Netherlands).
FAU - Ilbeyli, Zeynep
AU  - Ilbeyli Z
AUID- ORCID: 0009-0002-1487-5169
AD  - University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Academic Centre for 
      Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Master Dentistry program (Amsterdam, The 
      Netherlands).
FAU - Pandis, Nikolaos
AU  - Pandis N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0258-468X
AD  - University of Bern, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Orthodontics and 
      Dentofacial Orthopaedics (Bern, Switzerland).
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230724
PL  - Brazil
TA  - Dental Press J Orthod
JT  - Dental press journal of orthodontics
JID - 101532240
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Schools, Dental
MH  - Esthetics, Dental
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Students
MH  - *Orthodontic Appliances, Removable
PMC - PMC10365069
COIS- The authors report no commercial, proprietary or financial interest in the 
      products or companies described in this article.
EDAT- 2023/07/26 13:07
MHDA- 2023/07/27 06:43
PMCR- 2023/07/24
CRDT- 2023/07/26 11:15
PHST- 2022/02/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/05/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/07/27 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/07/26 13:07 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/07/26 11:15 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/07/24 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2176-94512023000300303 [pii]
AID - 10.1590/2177-6709.28.3.e232225.oar [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Dental Press J Orthod. 2023 Jul 24;28(3):e232225. doi: 
      10.1590/2177-6709.28.3.e232225.oar. eCollection 2023.