Percepção dos graduandos em Direito e Engenharia Civil da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia sobre a Ortodontia

Abstract

This work is an observational cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted with students of Civil Engineering and Law, Federal University of Uberlândia. The purpose of this study was to compare first and senior year students, from both courses, regard their interest to start a postgraduate program after graduation. Also measure the prevalence of orthodontic treatment among them. Another objective was to evaluate their conception about orthodontic appliance and which has the most aesthetic appeal. Additionally evaluate their conception about the interference of the orthodontic appliance related to their affective relationships. All volunteers answered a survey about their age, gender, relationship status, interest regarding start a postgraduate program and questions related to the influence of orthodontic appliance in the scope of psychosocial relationships as well as which kind of material was their favorite. The interviewees were divided into four groups, composed by first and senior years graduates, from law and civil engineering courses. The results showed that there is a pretension of the students to star a postgraduate program after college graduation. The vast majority have already had or have orthodontic treatment (p ≤ 0.05). The majority of the students considered that the orthodontic appliance is unsightly (p ≤ 0.05). The appliance made from aesthetic materials was considered more aesthetically acceptable (p ≤ 0.05). The great majority of research volunteers considered that it is indifferent whether or not the person uses orthodontic appliance to initiate an affective relationship (p ≤ 0.05).