A Study on Self-Esteem of Orthodontic Patients in Daegu - Focused on Daegu region -

교정치료환자의 자아존중감에 관한 연구 -대구지역을 중심으로-

The purpose of study was to evaluate the effects of orthodontic treatment on the self-esteem of the Patients who take orthodontic treatment. Methods: The subjects were composed of 124 Patients from selected orthodontic dental clinics in Daegu Metropolitan city to evaluate the factors in what demographic sociological character of Patients and character of orthodontic treatment affect to self-esteem. Each subject was evaluated with the scale of self-esteem developed by Cho Bo Ga and Cheon Gui Yeon(1993) and compared by classifying overall self satisfactation, social self-esteem, domestic self-esteem. Result: Results show the factors of self-esteem was high when subjects are highly educated, have high family income and have good social relationship after orthodontic treatment. Conclusion: The results of this study suggested that orthodontic treatment can affect patient's self-esteem.