BACKGROUND To investigate the association between oral health literacy (OHL) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and explore the racial differences therein among a low-income community-based group of female WIC participants. METHODS Participants (N = 1,405) enrolled in the Carolina Oral Health Literacy (COHL) study completed the short form of the Oral Health Impact Profile Index ...

AIM To assess the oral health quality of life among Malaysian dental students using the Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) scale. MATERIAL AND METHOD Malaysian dental students of Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal campus, Manipal University, Manipal answered a structured questionnaire recording the demographic characteristics, behavioral characteristics and eight items of OIDP. R...

Oral health is fundamental to overall well-being, profoundly influences life, and impacts general conditions. Teachers can play a key role in developing executing oral-related preventive schemes . A cross-sectional survey was performed among 600 female private primary school teachers Riyadh, KSA. were informed about the study by their academic guidance. Informed consent obtained from them befor...

BACKGROUND studies on the relationship between children's malocclusion and its psycho-social impacts are so far largely unexplored in low-income countries. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of malocclusion, reported dental problems and dissatisfaction with dental appearance among primary school children in Tanzania. The relationship of dissatisfaction with socio-demographic characterist...