Oral health‐related quality of life of schoolchildren: impact of clinical and psychosocial variables

Abstract

Oral health-related quality of life was influenced by psychosocial and clinical variables.

Impact of a dental care program on the quality of life of children with and without caries

“…6,7,8,12,13,14,21,24 Moreover, our results bring new evidence of the long-term effects of caries treatment on the OHRQoL of schoolchildren aged 8 to 10 years. Although other studies have demonstrated improvements in children's OHRQoL after dental treatment, they generally have focused on outcomes in younger children using the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS), Child-Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (Child-OIDP), the Parental-Caregivers Perception Questionnaire (P-CPQ), 17,25,26,27 and research in which treatment was proposed for early childhood caries under general anesthesia.…”

“…Although other studies have demonstrated improvements in children's OHRQoL after dental treatment, they generally have focused on outcomes in younger children using the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS), Child-Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (Child-OIDP), the Parental-Caregivers Perception Questionnaire (P-CPQ), 17,25,26,27 and research in which treatment was proposed for early childhood caries under general anesthesia. 12,28,29 In relation to CPQ instruments, Turton et al 30 evaluate the responsiveness of the Khmer version of the CPQ [11][12][13][14] in 140 children aged 8 to 14 years who received basic dental care from a local nongovernmental organization over a 6-month period. Therefore, to our knowledge, the present study is the first longitudinal study that compares the OHRQoL of children aged 8 to 10 years after caries treatment using the CPQ 8-10 over a 1 year period.…”

“…atraumatic restorative treatment, traumatic dental injury, and other treatments, 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 few have evaluated the longitudinal impact of dental caries treatment on children's OHRQoL by considering subjective aspects. 14,15,16,17,18 Most studies comparing OHRQoL scores between children with and without dental caries have a cross-sectional design, which refrains them from determining the causal relationship between an intervention and an outcome.…”

“…14,15,16,17,18 Most studies comparing OHRQoL scores between children with and without dental caries have a cross-sectional design, which refrains them from determining the causal relationship between an intervention and an outcome. 6,7,13,18 Besides, studies monitoring the OHRQoL after restorative treatment for caries are limited to a 6-month follow-up period, and other studies assessing the impact of interventions for a longer time are thus needed. 14,15,16,17 Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the long-term effects of the caries treatment provided by a dental care program on changes in schoolchildren's OHRQoL.…”

Assessment of Parental Knowledge and Attitudes in Aydın City Regarding the Dentoalveolar Injuries

“…Dentoalveolar bölgenin travmaya maruz kalması sonucunda, sert doku (dişler ve alveol kemiği) ve yumuşak dokuda (pulpa ve periodontal dokular) harabiyet oluşmakta ve nörovasküler yapıların rupturune bağlı olarak pulpada hiperemi, hemoraji, pulpal kanalda obliterasyon, nekroz, dişte mobilite, renk değişimi ve patolojik kök rezorpsiyonu gibi komplikasyonlar meydana gelmektedir. Dental travma ve sonuçları hem çocukta hem de ailesinde fiziksel, estetik ve psikolojik problemleri de beraberinde getirmektedir 5 . Süt dentisyonda oluşan travmaların daimi dentisyonu olumsuz etkileyebileceği ve genç daimi dişlerde pulpa canlılığının erken ve doğru müdahale ile sürdürülebileceği göz önünde bulundurulursa ailenin dental yaralanmalar hakkındaki bilgi düzeyi büyük önem teşkil etmektedir.…”