American board of orthodontics discrepancy index applied in first and second-phase university clinics

Abstract

The aim of this study was to test the null hypothesis: there’s no differences in malocclusion discrepancy in Carabobo and José Antonio Páez Universities (UC and UJAPU respectively). ABODI definer los tests was applied in 50 continuous case discussion from August to December 2017. Descriptive and normality tests were calculated. Then Man-Whitney test was used to compare individual variables meanwhile t-test was used in total score. UC American Board Discrepancy Index (ABO-DI) total (12.520 StDev 7,445), UJAP ABO-DI total (13.960 StDev 9.076). when comparing medians, differences were present only at Crowding (p= 0.0442), ANB (p= 0.0321) and Others characteristics (p= 0.0323). Null hypothesis is accepted, patients who attended to X and Y for orthodontic purpose have the same discrepancy, regardless of age and occlusal characteristic.