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## Introduction: For effective risk communication, clinicians must understand patients' values and beliefs in relation to the risks of treatment. this qualitative study aimed to explore adolescent perceptions of orthodontic treatment risks and risk information. ## Methods: Five focus groups were carried out with 32 school/college pupils aged 12-18 in wales, uk. participants were purposively selected and had all experienced orthodontic treatment. a thematic approach was used for analysis and data collection was completed at the point of data saturation. ## Results: Four themes emerged from the data; (a) day-to-day risks of orthodontic treatment, (b) important orthodontic risk information, (c) engaging with orthodontic risk information and (d) managing the risks of orthodontic treatment. day-to-day risks of orthodontic treatment that were affecting participants "here and now" were of most concern. information about preventing the risks of treatment was deemed to be important. participants did not actively seek risk information but engaged passively with information from convenient sources. perceptions of risk susceptibility influenced participants' management of the risks of orthodon

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Author

Perry, John; Johnson, Ilona; Popat, Hashmat; Morgan, Maria Z.; Gill, Paul

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0300-5712)

Published

2018

Language

EN

Field

Dentistry (Health Sciences)