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Oral Health Related Quality of Life: an overeview


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1 Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
2 Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
3 Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
     

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It is important to understand how people perceive the impact of oral disease on their quality of life. Oral health quality of life (OHQoL) is a relatively new but rapidly growing notion. The concept of OHRQoL is particularly significant to three areas- clinical practice of dentistry, dental research and dental education. There are different approaches to measure OHRQoL; the most popular one uses multiple item questionnaires. OHRQoL should be the basis for any oral health programme development. Moreover, research at the conceptual level is needed in countries where OHRQoL has not been previously assessed, including the Eastern Mediterranean countries.

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Oral Health, Quality of Life, Health Related Quality of Life, Social Wellbeing, Outcome Measures
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Authors

G. V. Jagannath
Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Sabyasachi Saha
Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
S. Sahana
Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Pramjeet Singh
Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

Abstract


It is important to understand how people perceive the impact of oral disease on their quality of life. Oral health quality of life (OHQoL) is a relatively new but rapidly growing notion. The concept of OHRQoL is particularly significant to three areas- clinical practice of dentistry, dental research and dental education. There are different approaches to measure OHRQoL; the most popular one uses multiple item questionnaires. OHRQoL should be the basis for any oral health programme development. Moreover, research at the conceptual level is needed in countries where OHRQoL has not been previously assessed, including the Eastern Mediterranean countries.

Keywords


Oral Health, Quality of Life, Health Related Quality of Life, Social Wellbeing, Outcome Measures

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