Figure 1. Percentage of interest in orthodontic treatment compared by age. The rate of positive perception towards orthodontic treatment is 48.5% within the sampled population. Compared to participants in their 20s (63.2%), those in their 40s and 50s have a significantly lower percentage of interest in treatment (46.2% and 45.1%, respectively; ^*p = 0.05). Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test.