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Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective study is to compare the frequency of oluflation of white spots in the front teeth of patients treated with fixed orthodontic apareas in the UK and Turkey. Individual and Method: 74 patients were selected from the patient records treated by the same researcher with fixed apareas. The patient was then divided into two subgroups short (12-16 months) and long (20-25 months) according to the treatment period, and the white spike damage that occurred on the surface of the labial mine of the teeth after the treatment was identified on the slide films and the intergroup comparisons were analyzed by Ki-quare test. Results: There are no significant differences between patients treated in both countries (p=0. It has been determined that patients with a long duration of fixed treatment have more white spots and that the result shows a statistically significant difference from the observed in short-term treatment (p=0,0002). The result: the prolongation of the fixed treatment period in orthodontics has an increasing effect on the frequency of oluflma of the white spot injury.