An assessment of factors motivating patients to seek orthodontic treatment in a South-Western Nigerian teaching hospital
Background: Motivation is a concept that describes the conscious or unconscious stimuli for the action toward a desired goal. The motivations for seeking an orthodontic treatment among the population are diverse. Identifying the underlying motivation for treatment is helpful in reducing dissatisfact...
Main Authors: | Anne Nkechi Ndukwe, Oluranti Olatokunbo daCosta, Oluwatosin Oluyemi Sanu, Michael Chukwudi Isiekwe |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2022-01-01
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Series: | Nigerian Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2022;volume=31;issue=2;spage=168;epage=173;aulast=Ndukwe |
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