Asessment of the impacts of malocclusion on the childrens oral health related quality of life
10.3969/j.issn.1001-3733.2017.04.015
- VernacularTitle:错(牙合)畸形对儿童口腔健康相关生活质量影响的研究
- Author:
Hongli SU
;
Qian PENG
- Keywords:
Malocclusion;
Oral health related qulity of life;
Children;
Parents
- From:
Journal of Practical Stomatology
2017;33(4):500-502
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To study the impacts of malocclusion on the oral health-related quality of life(OHRQoL) of children.Methods:The study sample comprised 118 children seeking orthodontic treatment.Each participant of the children and parents was assessed by the orthodontic treatment need and OHRQoL using the index of orthodontic treatment need and Michigan-OHRQoL.Results:The objective impacts of the teeth to parents and children were consistent;parents evaluated higher than the children themselves in the subjective impacts of their teeth.The impacts were more influential on the children whose parents with higher income and the parents with higher education.Conclusion:Malocclusion affects the oral health related quality of life evaluated by both the children and their parents.
