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The validity of Little’s irregularity index in the maxillary and mandibular arches. -In Vitro study-

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Objective: to assess the validity of Little Irregularity Index in both the maxillary and mandibular arches. Materials and methods: The study was an invitro retrospective trial performed in the Digital Center of the Orthodontic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain-Shams University. The study was conducted on 100 maxillary and 100 mandibular study casts representing a wide range of crowding. Prior to the initiation of the study, all study casts were converted into digital models by the primary investigator. The study procedure was divided into two phases. Phase 1, where five orthodontic professors assessed the 200 study casts selected for the study to assign a subjective score describing the anterior crowding and phase 2, where Four examiners of different orthodontic background levels used the digitized version of the study models to determine quantitatively the amount of anterior crowding as recommended by Dr. Little. Results: ICC for the maxillary and mandibular scores by the five orthodontic professors was notably high (>0.97). Also, for the measurements conducted by the four examiners on the digital models of both arches were (>0.99). The LOA were excessively broad in the maxillary scores, (2.42 + 9.84) = 12.26. Likewise, for the mandibular scores the LOA were again too extensive, (2.67 + 8.17) = 10.84. CCC values between the scores of the five orthodontic professors and the scores of the four examiners for the maxillary was 0.418 and for the mandibular was 0.534. Conclusion: The validity of LII in the maxillary and mandibular arches could not be confirmed.

DOI

10.21608/eos.2024.307248.1122

Keywords

Orthodontics, Little's Irregularity Index, Validity

Authors

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Dina

Last Name

Balboul

MiddleName

Sabry Abd-Elhamid

Affiliation

BDS, Misr International University

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dinabalboul@hotmail.com

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Khaled

Last Name

Fawzy

MiddleName

Moustafa

Affiliation

Orthodontic department, Faculty of dentistry ,Ain Shams university.

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khaledmfawzy@yahoo.com

City

Egypt

Orcid

0000-0002-2446-8797

First Name

Dina

Last Name

El Ghoul

MiddleName

Hussin

Affiliation

Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University

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dinaelghoul@gmail.com

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0000-0003-2422-0852

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66

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1

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51560

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2024-12-01

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2024-07-25

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2024-12-01

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151

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164

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1110-435X

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2812-5258

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Egyptian Orthodontic Journal

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The validity of Little’s irregularity index in the maxillary and mandibular arches. -In Vitro study-

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25 Dec 2024