ResearchArticle Perception of Iraqi Orthodontists and Patients toward Accelerated Orthodontics Ali M. Al-Attar , Samher Al-Shaham , and Mushriq Abid Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq Correspondence should be addressed to Mushriq Abid; mushriq.abid@codental.uobaghdad.edu.iq Received 12 February 2021; Revised 15 April 2021; Accepted 22 April 2021; Published 29 April 2021 Academic Editor: Caren Bavaresco Copyright©2021AliM.Al-Attaretal.isisanopenaccessarticledistributedundertheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background/Purpose. In the literature, no consensus about the duration of orthodontic treatment has been reached out. is study aimed to identify orthodontist’s and patient’s perception about the time of orthodontic treatment and their willingness to undergo and pay for various acceleration techniques and procedures. MaterialsandMethods. An electronic survey was conducted from August to October 2020. e questionnaire consisted of 20 multiple choice questions which was designed and emailed to members of the Iraqi Orthodontic Society and self-administered to patients in several orthodontic centers in Baghdad. e questionnaire included questions about the perception toward the duration of orthodontic treatment, approval of different procedures used to reduce treatment time, and how much fee increment they are able to pay for various techniques and appliances. Descriptive and chi-square test statistics were used, and the level of significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. Results. e response rate was 78.7%. e willingness for additional techniques and procedures was rated in the following order: customized appliances: 50.8% orthodontists and 38.4% patients, followed by intraoral vibrating devices: 49.2% orthodontists and 38.1% patients, piezocision: 10.2% or- thodontists and 8.2% patients, and corticotomies: 8.1% orthodontists and 5.9% patients. Most orthodontists were willing to pay up to 40% of treatment income for the acceleration procedure, while the payment of patients was up to 20%. Conclusion. Both orthodontists and patients were interested in techniques that can decrease the treatment duration. Noninvasive accelerating procedures were more preferable by orthodontists and patients than invasive surgical procedures. 1.Introduction A long term of orthodontic treatment is considered as a primary concern for most orthodontists and patients looking for treatment [1]. Long-term disadvantages of conventional orthodontic treatment such as predisposing the patient to caries, gingival recession, and resorption of roots had been a major concern to the patients. e essential objective of modern orthodontic treatment is to diminish the duration of orthodontic treatment by maximizing the biological response [2]. ere could be a common agreement that the rate of tooth movement is controlled by the rate of bone resorption in the direction of tooth movement, which in turn is controlled by the rate of osteoclast differentiation and activation [3]. In an attempt to achieve rapid tooth movement, many researchers have used different approaches including chemical agents, such as prostaglandin E 2 [4], calcitriol (active form of vitamin D 3 ) [5–7], and hormones [8]. Moreover, physical agents such as electric currents [9], electromagnetic fields [10], vibrating devices [11], and low- level laser therapy [12, 13] or combination of two techniques have been used to accelerate tooth movement [14]. More- over, besides these techniques, there have been significant improvements in the biomechanical behavior of fixed ap- pliance brackets such as design, prescription, and material. is contributed to the evolution of several low-friction systems; however, treatment duration reduction is still de- batable [15, 16]. Additionally, customized orthodontic brackets, archwire materials, and anchorage control have been reported to have clinical significance [17]. Several studies were performed on pain perception ac- companied with acceleration techniques; most of them found that pain increased slightly in the first few days and Hindawi International Journal of Dentistry Volume 2021, Article ID 5512455, 7 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5512455