BACKGROUND There are scarce evidences that evaluated the impact of periodontal disease on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) taking marginal gingival alterations into consideration. Thus, this study aimed to verify the association between OHRQoL and gingival enlargement and gingival bleeding in subjects under fixed orthodontic treatment (FOT). METHODS 330 participants under FOT for ...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate oral health status and oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) in Iranian patients undergoing hemodialysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study 145 (95 dentate and 50 edentulous) patients undergoing hemodialysis participated. Demographic information, laboratory findings and dental health status was recorded by a standard form. Ora...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of chronic periodontal diseases (PDs) and compare phases of nonsurgical periodontal therapy (NSPT) on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in patients attending a tertiary care center of eastern Nepal. MATERIALS AND METHODS Matched for socioeconomic status, participants were recruited in two groups: moderate-to-severe chronic periodontitis (n = 24, 43...

BACKGROUND Midwives can play a key role in promoting the oral health of pregnant women and assessing their oral health status. A maternal oral assessment tool (MOS) was developed and pilot tested by the study investigators to assist midwives in this role and the results were promising. The aim of this study was to undertake further sensitivity and specificity assessment of the MOS tool using tw...

Background: The purpose of this study was to make a cross-culturally adapted, Dutch version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP), a 49-item questionnaire measuring oral health-related quality of life, and to examine its psychometric properties. Methods: The original English version of the OHIP was translated into the Dutch language, following the guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation of ...

Objective: To determine treatment expectations of patients and parents, the initial effects fixed functional devices on oral health-related quality life. Materials Method: The study comprised 50 (39 female, 11 male, mean age 16.24 years) with Angle Class II,1 malocclusion, who were planned to be treated forsus fatigue resistant device (FFRD). Treatment their parents/legal guardians assessed bef...

The aim of this study was to investigate the dimensional structure of the Oral Health Impact Profile-14: (OHIP-14). Data was obtained from studies carried out in Rio de Janeiro (N = 504) and Carlos Barbosa (N = 872), in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed to identify the latent dimensions of the OHIP-14. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the reliability and validity of Arabic Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (AREALD-30) in Saudi Arabia. METHODS A convenience sample of 200 subjects was approached, of which 177 agreed to participate giving a response rate of 88.5%. Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (REALD-99), was translated into Arabic to prepare the longer and shorter versions o...

Amaç: Bu kesitsel çalışmanın amacı; diş eksikliği olan erişkin hastaların şiddetinin ağız sağlığı ile ilişkili yaşam kalitesi [oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL)] üzerine etkisinin değerlendirilmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: çalışmaya hastaneye başvuran 255 hastadan, 18 yaşından büyük en az 1 bulunan 158 gönüllü hasta dâhil edildi. Hastaların yaş, cinsiyet, eğitim durumu gibi sosyodemog...