RESEARCH MATRIX

Exploring the Experience, Factors and Impact of Undergoing Fake Braces Treatment
Among the Adolescents in Dungun, Terengganu : A Preliminary Study

No. Research Research Leading Probing

Question Objective Questions Questions

1 What are the reasons To understand the How do you feel about
for you to seek rationale (synonym of your teeth before wearing
orthodontic reason) of adolescents braces?
treatments? getting orthodontic
treatment
………. (add)

To investigate the
2. What are factors that What are the reason that  Is that due to aesthetic reason?
factors that
influence adolescents you seek treatment from  Do you become confident about you
adolescents seek to
to get fake braces unqualified dentist? appearance after wearing braces?
get orthodontic
from unqualified  Do you thing braces improve you self-
treatments from
dentists? esteem?
unqualifie dentists
 Is that due to cheaper cost?
 Is that due to short wear duration?
 Is that due to easily accessible,
 convenience location and faster
treatment?
 Is that due to long waiting list to start
treatment in government clinic?
 Is that the repeated appointment at
qualified dental clinic affecting studies?
 Do you think wearing fake braces can
increase your status of socio-economic
wellbeing as the price of original braces
are expensive?
 Do you think braces is the current trend or
fashion among adolescence?
 Do you think of wearing braces is due to
peer pressure from your surrounding
environment such as friends?

 How do you know about fake braces?

 Is there any of your friends or family
members wearing fake braces?
 Do your family persuade you to wear fake
braces?
 Do your friends told you to wear fake
braces?
 Do you get info from the media social?
 Do you have Instagram, TikTok or twitter?
 Do you get info from someone that wear
fake braces too?
 Does your parent know that you wear fake
Who influence you to braces?
wear this fake braces?  Where do you get the money to get the
treatment from the unqualified dentist?

REFERENCES:
1) Kamaruzaman, D.
M. S., Chiew, S. C.,
Bujang, M. A.,
Pang, Y. R., Low,
J. Q. W., &
Shafie, R. M. (n.d.).
Fake braces
among teenagers
 in Manjung District,
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2) Knowledge,
attitude, and
practice of fake
braces among
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Knowledge-
Attitude-and-
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Students-
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of-Pediatric-
Dentistry.pdf

3) Exploring the
Experience of
Klang Valley
Youths on Fake
Braces by Bogus
Dentists Hasyimah
Hassan1 , Wan
Mohamad Nasir
Wan Othman1 ,
Nurul Izza
Idaham1, MJoSHT
2021, Volume 7,
Issue 1, eISSN:
2601-0003
To determine the side
effects of fake braces
3. What are the side
among adolescents in
effects of fake
braces? Dungun, Terengganu
 To explore How about you give us ● What should you do as individual when
recommendations in several you encounter fake braces on social
4. What are your
order to curb fake suggestions/reccomendati media?
recommendations in
braces among ons in order to prevent/
order to prevent fake ● What should you do after falling a victim of
adolescents in fake braces among
braces among fake braces?
Dungun, Terengganu. adolescents?
adolescents?
● What do you think about the role of
parents and family members in order to
Responsibilities of: curb fake braces?
1) Individual- ●
- Individuals who
are aware of any
illegal dental
practices should
play a proactive
role in flagging
social media
accounts and
lodging official
reports to the
MoH’s Oral Health
Programme
- Victims should
also come forward
to help in the
investigation and
 work together with
healthcare
professionals and
relevant authorities
to combat illegal
dentistry in
Malaysia (2)

2) Family
-Parents need to
monitor their
children and advise
them not to fall prey
to illegal dentistry,
either as a victim or
a provider (2)

3) Public-
-lodging complaint
to the authorities
for any suspicious
activity of illegal
dentistry (2)

4) Authorities
- health authorities
must establish laws
and policies to
control the social
media content that
promote and
advertise these
harmful products
(1)
- Efforts should be
made to educate
the public about the
risks of using fake
braces and
emphasize the
importance of
seeking a licensed
orthodontist for
treatment through
social media. (1)
- Educational
programmes
should also aim at
spreading
awareness on the
need for braces (2)
- Increase supply,
ie make more
clinics available or
train more dental
 professionals that
can offer braces
treatment. (2)

References
1) 1.The Perception and
Usage of Fake braces :
Twitter Content
Analysis.Meyassara
Samman1, *, Lina
Bahanan1
1 Department of Dental
Public Health, Faculty of
Dentistry, King Abdulaziz
University, Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia. Volume 17, 2023
DOI: DOI:
10.2174/18742106-v17-
2304040-2022-137
(https://
opendentistryjournal.com/
VOLUME/17/
ELOCATOR/
e187421062302220/
FULLTEXT)

2)
https://themalaysianreserv
e.com/2022/08/21/sharing
-responsibility-to-curb-
illegal-dentistry/