BACKGROUND The reconstruction of mandibular defects after giant ameloblastoma resection is one of the most challenging problems facing reconstructive surgeons. Mandibular resection has been associated with a poor quality of life (QOL), particularly in adolescent patients reconstructed with a free fibula flap. This study aims to evaluate QOL outcomes in adolescent patients who have had mandibula...

Objectives: OHIP-EDENT is a shortened version of the Oral Health Impact Profile instrument The purpose this study was to develop and evaluate Turkish it (OHIP-EDENT-TR) for elderly population in Turkey.
 
 Materials Methods: A total 120 edentulous patients (72 males, 48 females; mean age 65.59 ± 7.61 years) who had complete prostheses were included study. completed OHIP-EDENT-TR, whic...

The main objective of this study was to determine to what extent a detailed oral instruction about treatment after surgical removal of a lower wisdom tooth affects postoperative quality of life (QoL). The research on QoL after removal of a lower wisdom tooth was conducted with 108 patients. Depending on the type of information given to each respondent individually, the examinees were divided in...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the the Chinese version of the Oral Health Impact Profile for TMDs (OHIP-TMDs-C). STUDY DESIGN The OHIP-TMDs was initially translated and cross-culturally adapted to Chinese following international guidelines; then subsequently validated for the psychometric characteristics of reliability and validity. In total, ...

O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o impacto de sintomas bucais e condições sistêmicas na qualidade vida relacionada à saúde bucal (QVRSB) em pacientes com doenças neuromusculares (DNM). Trata-se um observacional, transversal, amostra selecionada por conveniência entre DNM, atendidos Hospital Universitário. Realizou-se anamnese para registro dos dados sobre idade, sexo, doença base, c...