Table 3.
Removable retainers (%).
| Gender∗ | Work sector∗∗ | Practice (years) | Total | ||||||
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| M | F | Private | MOH | College | <5 | 5–10 | >10 | ||
| Q11) Number of checkups after placing a removable retainer | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 17 |
| More than 3 | 42 | 33 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 43 | 38 |
| On breakage or damage of the retainer | 14 | 46 | 20 | 48 | 59 | 16 | 24 | 36 | 27 |
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| Q12) Initial wearing times of the removable retainer | |||||||||
| Full-time | 83 | 71 | 85 | 59 | 47 | 90 | 89 | 65 | 78 |
| After school, evening, and night | 9 | 21 | 8 | 41 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 14 |
| Evening and night | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| Nighttime only | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
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| Q13) How long do you usually recommend the removable retainer full-time wear? | |||||||||
| <3 months | 13 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| 3–6months | 57 | 33 | 52 | 34 | 29 | 40 | 67 | 39 | 47 |
| 7 months-one year | 22 | 59 | 30 | 59 | 65 | 34 | 22 | 48 | 37 |
| >1 year | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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| Q14) Usually when do you stop retention with removable retainers? | |||||||||
| <2 years after debonding | 63 | 40 | 61 | 28 | 35 | 68 | 73 | 35 | 54 |
| >2 years after debonding | 27 | 35 | 29 | 45 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 45 | 30 |
| After 3rd molars have erupted or extracted | 1 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| Wear retainers forever | 9 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
∗ M, male; F, females; ∗∗MOH = Ministry of Health.