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Maria Letícia Ramos-Jorge

Researcher at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Publications -  49
Citations -  2556

Maria Letícia Ramos-Jorge is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 36 publications receiving 2280 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria Letícia Ramos-Jorge include Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

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Impact of Early Childhood Caries on the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Preschool Children and Their Parents

Paulo Antônio Martins-Júnior, +5 more
- 01 Jan 2013 - 
TL;DR: ECC has a negative impact on the OHRQoL of children aged 2–5 years and their parents, independent of the presence of ECC and the age of the child, and mothers aged 30 or older reported better OHRZoL.
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Malocclusion: esthetic impact and quality of life among Brazilian schoolchildren.

Leandro Silva Marques, +3 more
- 01 Mar 2006 - 
TL;DR: The esthetic impact of malocclusion significantly affects the quality of life of schoolchildren in Belo Horizonte and is associated with negative self-perception of oral esthetics, low self-esteem, and intermediate economic level.
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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11–14 (CPQ11–14) for the Brazilian Portuguese language

Daniela Goursand, +7 more
- 14 Jan 2008 - 
TL;DR: The present study demonstrated that the CPQ11–14 is applicable to children in Brazil, and has satisfactory psychometric properties, but further research is required to evaluate these properties in a population study.
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Influence of nonnutritive sucking habits, breathing pattern and adenoid size on the development of malocclusion.

Elton Geraldo Oliveira Góis, +6 more
- 01 Jul 2008 - 
TL;DR: The malocclusion in the primary dentition in preschool children was directly related to the duration of pacifier-sucking after 2 years of age and the mouth-breathing pattern, and no significant associations were found between hypertrophied adenoids or finger-sucker habits and the occurrence of maloc inclusion.
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The impact of treatment of dental trauma on the quality of life of adolescents – a case‐control study in southern Brazil

Maria Letícia Ramos-Jorge, +3 more
- 01 Apr 2007 - 
TL;DR: Adolescents whose teeth have been esthetically treated for EDFs run a greater risk of presenting OIDP when compared to adolescents that have never suffered dental injuries.