Children's oral health related quality of life Determinants related to subjective and objective orthodontic measures 1. Oral health related quality of life is determined by more than clinical oral health variables only. (This thesis) 2. Oral health related quality of life is related to current oral health experiences as well as oral health experiences from the past. (This thesis) 3. Unfavorable...

Background: The need for assessment of oral health related quality of life has been increased over the last decades. The aim of this study was to develop a Persian version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP)-14 and to evaluate its reliability and validity for its use in Persian-speaking communities. Methods: The original version of the OHIP-14 was translated into the Persian language using...

Objective: Oral health status particularly maxillofacial disorders in adolescents can affect different aspects of the quality of life. This study aimed to assess the age-related quality of life of students in two age groups of 11-14 years and 14-18 years to evaluate its correlation with orthodontic treatment need in adolescents in Isfahan. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1...

BACKGROUND Few publications report on the relationship between salutogenesis, as measured by the concept of sense of coherence, and oral health-related quality of life. Even less information is to be found when the behavioural aspect of dental anxiety is added. The aim of the present study was to evaluate how oral health-related quality of life is related to sense of coherence and dental anxiet...

Abstract Introduction: This cross-sectional research compares the changes in quality of life (QoL) in adolescents experiencing growth modification therapy affected by the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2020. The participants were among those referring to the orthodontic department of Hamadan Dental School. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of growth modification on oral health r...

The objectives of this paper are to present an overview of children's oral health-related quality of life and include specific applications for using quality of life assessment in dental research. The process of developing pediatric oral health- related quality of life measures, in particular the Child Oral Health Impact Profile, is outlined. Examples of children's oral health-related quality o...

objective: examining the interrelationship between quality of life, hardiness, selfefficacy and self-esteem among working (professional and non-professional), and non-working married women has motivated the researcher to launch this study. method: the samples in the present study consisted of 250 married employed women and 250 married unemployed women in the age range of 24-41 years old belongi...