BACKGROUND The Child Health Utility 9D (CHU9D) is a relatively new generic child health-related quality of life measure (HRQoL)-designed to be completed by children-which enables the calculation of utility values.The aim is to investigate the use of the CHU9D Index as an outcome measure for child dental health in New Zealand. METHOD A survey was conducted of children aged between 6 and 9 year...

BACKGROUND Very few studies on the impact of implant therapy on Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) in partially edentulous patients have been published. AIM This study aimed at analysing the improvement of OHRQoL of patients who underwent dental implant treatment using the "functional", "psychosocial" and "pain and discomfort" categories of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index...

BACKGROUND In dentistry, measures of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) provide essential information for assessing treatment needs, making clinical decisions and evaluating interventions, services and programmes. The two most common measures used to examine child OHRQoL today are the Child Perceptions Questionnaire at two ages, 8-10 and 11-14 (CPQ₈₋₁₀, CPQ₁₁₋₁₄). The reliability and ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of dental caries and social determinants in the Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) of children in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This is a population-based cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 1,204 children aged 8 to 10 years randomly selected from 19 public and private schools. The children were clinically examined at ...

AIM The aim of this study is to describe oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among patients who have had a complete dislocation of the tooth out of its socket (tooth avulsion). The study also sought to identify clinical evidence, associated with OHRQoL, of the ideal therapeutic choice after tooth avulsion among these patients under 18 years old. STUDY DESIGN 73 patients under 18 year...

ABSTRACT Objectives The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence and severity dental fluorosis assess impact on oral health related quality life (OHRQoL) children living in two Peruvian towns with different water fluoride levels. Methods A sample 292 between 11 14 years age both genders selected among public private primary schools 2 towns. Clinical examination was carried out using D...