Total Adults, NOTI classification       (n) B C D   Children, NOTI classification B 10   4 (3) 6 (4) Total treatment need (B+C) in childhood was 68% C 18 2 4 (2) 12 (3) D 13   4 (1) 9 (1)   Total (n)   41 2 12 (6) 27 (8)             Total treatment need (B+C) in adulthood was 34% Numbers in parenthesis are the patients that received orthodontic treatment/orthognathicsurgery (n=14)

Table 2: Distribution of Need of Orthodontic Treatment Index (NOTI) categories in childhood and in adulthood in 41 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) followed longitudinally. Change in occlusion, illustrated by altered NOTI category are showed by colours green (improvement in NOTI category from childhood to adulthood, n = 22 (53.5%)), yellow (same NOTI category in childhood and adulthood, n = 13 (31.5%)) and red (worsening in NOTI category from childhood to adulthood, n = 6 (15%)). Same or improved NOTI category (yellow + green) in n = 35 (85%)