Perception of Iraqi Orthodontists and Patients toward Accelerated Orthodontics

Table 1

Characteristics of the orthodontists participating in the study.

Characteristic	Response	No. (%)
Gender	Male	140 (59.3%)
	Female	96 (40.7%)
Scientific degree	PhD	9 (3.8%)
	M.Sc.	154 (65.3%)
	Diploma/certificate	73 (30.9%)
Practice duration	<5 years	89 (37.7%)
	6–10 years	66 (28.0%)
	11–15 years	45 (19.1%)
	>15 years	36(15.3%)
Satisfaction of orthodontists with the amount of time patients are in active appliances	Very satisfied	24 (10.2%)
	Somewhat satisfied	64 (27.1%)
	Neutral	76 (32.2%)
	Somewhat dissatisfied	72 (30.5%)
	Very dissatisfied	0%
Familiarity of orthodontists with different techniques used for acceleration	Custom-made appliances	116 (49.2%)
	Intraoral teeth vibrators	20 (8.5%)
	Corticotomies	40 (16.9%)
	Piezocision	56 (23.7%)
	Locally injected intraoral drugs	4 (1.7%)
How much reduction in treatment time would you consider to use any acceleration technique?	0%–10%	12 (5.1%)
	10%–20%	36 (15.3%)
	20%–30%	100 (42.4%)
	30%–40%	56 (23.7%)
	Greater than 40%	32 (13.6%)