Table 4.
Complications divided by gender, age, and treatment settings.
| Complications (n, %) |
Sex (n) | Age (n) | Treatment Setting (n) | Year of Claim (n) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F (25) |
M (10) |
p-Value | <19 (15) |
>19 (20) |
p-Value | Private (15) |
Public (20) |
p-Value | ≤2011 (16) |
>2011 (19) |
p-Value | |
| Distress and pain (15, 42.9%) |
15 | 5 | 0.433 | 4 | 11 | 0.091 | 9 | 6 | 0.076 | 3 | 12 | 0.010 |
| Violation of autonomy (10, 28.6%) |
7 | 3 | 0.606 | 3 | 7 | 0.279 | 7 | 3 | 0.047 | 0 | 10 | 0.001 |
| Esthetic damage (20, 57.1%) |
17 | 3 | 0.035 | 9 | 11 | 0.590 | 9 | 11 | 0.427 | 13 | 7 | 0.004 |
| Tooth damage/loss (22, 62.9%) |
15 | 7 | 0.440 | 6 | 16 | 0.032 | 11 | 11 | 0.226 | 9 | 13 | 0.347 |
| Spacing (14, 40%) |
12 | 2 | 0.125 | 5 | 9 | 0.365 | 6 | 8 | 0.635 | 8 | 6 | 0.223 |
| Root recession (10, 28.6%) |
9 | 1 | 0.129 | 5 | 5 | 0.433 | 5 | 5 | 0.433 | 6 | 4 | 0.243 |
| Periodontal disease or aggravation (34, 97.1%) |
25 | 9 | 0.286 | 15 | 19 | 0.571 | 14 | 20 | 0.429 | 16 | 18 | 0.543 |
| Re-do surgery (4, 11.4%) |
2 | 2 | 0.319 | 3 | 1 | 0.200 | 1 | 3 | 0.419 | 4 | 0 | 0.035 |
| Root resorption (2, 5.7%) |
1 | 1 | 0.496 | 2 | 0 | 0.176 | 1 | 1 | 0.681 | 2 | 0 | 0.202 |
| Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) injury (1, 2.9%) |
1 | 0 | 0.714 | 1 | 0 | 0.429 | 1 | 0 | 0.429 | 1 | 0 | 0.547 |
| Re-do ortho treatment (2, 5.7%) |
2 | 0 | 0.504 | 1 | 1 | 0.681 | 1 | 1 | 0.681 | 2 | 0 | 0.202 |