Congenital absence of teeth affects 2-6 per cent of the population, but its impact on quality of life (QoL) is not fully understood. The symptoms of hypodontia can vary and therefore also the treatment and management of this condition. Determining and understanding the possible impact of hypodontia on patients could inform and improve the management of such patients. A purposive sample of 10 pa...

GOAL To measure change in a quality of life after treatment with removable dentures and to describe differences in quality of life in patients with new and worn out dentures. MATERIALS AND METHODS Measuring instrument was OHIP-49, translated from English into one of the languages in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Sample consisted of patients who wanted to make/replace mobile dentures or came to repair a...

The objective of this study was to determine the responsiveness of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) (oral health impact profile [OHIP] and oral impact on daily performance [OIDP]) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (World Health Organization quality of life scale, brief [WHOQOL-BREF]) in dental caries restoration treatment. The study also aimed to assess the influence of tre...

background and objectives: studies of the relationship between personal qualities and job consequences usually find poor and inconsistent correlations. it is suggested that the reason may lie in ignorance of some modifying factors mediating such relationship. the perceived control has attracted much attention as a candidate factor. this study aimed to examine the mediating role of the perceived...

today, using counterfeits is remarkably common in clothing industry. on this basis, present paper is conducted in clothing industry at tehran due to the impact of counterfeit on brand equity of original products’. it is a descriptive research. to achieve research aims, a sample consisting of 384 consumers in tehran who bought counterfeits deliberately were selected. to analyze data and to test ...

introduction: education is a powerful tool in reducing dental diseases. it is known as an essential part of oral health services. this study evaluated the impact of education on oral health behavior of students based on health belief model. methods: this educational intervention study was carried out on secondary school girls of paveh, iran in 2011. a standard questionnaire was used to collect ...

This study investigates the factors that affect consumers’ purchases of landscaped houses by applying the perceived value model and considering the perceived risk construct to study consumers’ purchases of landscaped houses via a questionnaire survey. This study has distributed 350 questionnaires and recovered 324 questionnaires. After eliminating 18 invalid questionnaires, there were 306 valid...