Parental expectations and nocebo by proxy effects in adolescent orthodontic treatment outcomes.

Sci Rep · 2026 · PMC13247198 · PMID 41991597

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.060so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Regarding oral dysfunction during orthodontic care, while the trend suggested an association, the difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.060).

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