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The change in oral health related-quality of life among adolescents and their families after orthodontic treatment

Objective: Assess the changes in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of adolescents and their parents after overjet reduction.
Materials and Methods: 53 patients between the ages of 11-18 years with increased dental overjet (≥ 6mm) and their parents were selected, of which 28 were pre- and 25 were post-treatment with dental overjet reduced to within normal limits. The data collection instrument was the Child Oral Health Quality of Life (COHQoL) Questionnaire.
Results: Adolescents and their parents reported poorer quality of life before orthodontic treatment than after. The improvement in oral health-related quality of life was statistically significant for all health domains except for the social well-being domain. Parental reports on (OHRQoL) were in agreement with their children’s. No statistically significant differences were evident in (OHRQoL) between pre- and post-treatment groups.
Conclusions: Adolescents with increased dental overjet ≥6mm experienced substantial psycho-social impacts. Adolescents with increased overjet can accurately recall the initial negative effects of the original malocclusion on their lives, even after a time lapse of five years. Orthodontic treatment significantly improves the perceived quality of life of orthodontic patients and their parents

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/8152
Date09 August 2012
CreatorsSawan, Huda
ContributorsLekic, Charles (Preventive Dental Science), Wiltshire, William A. (Preventive Dental Science) Asadoorian, Joanna (School of Dental Hygiene)
Source SetsUniversity of Manitoba Canada
Detected LanguageEnglish

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