Impact of tooth loss related to number and position on oral health quality of life among adults
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...4 households for each census tract [3]....
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...The same oral clinical conditions were assessed, using the same criteria and examination protocol as that used at baseline [3]....
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...Tooth loss, still ranked among the hundred health conditions thatmost affect theworld’s population [1], is an oral condition that leads to functional, aesthetic, and social damage with impact on people’s quality of life [2, 3] and is responsible for causing 7....
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...Exclusion criteria were those with physical and psychological conditions that would interfere in the clinical procedures or in the understanding of the questionnaire [3]....
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...The SiC, the primary predictor in this study, was calculated by selecting the one third of the sample with the highest caries score; then, the mean DMFS for this subgroup constituted the SiC index value (Bratthall, 2000)....
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...Our analyses showed oral health quality of life gradients consistent with the number and position of teeth missing due to oral disease, as measured by the OHIP-14 severity index, when controlling for presence of untreated caries and the reason for using dental services....
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...The outcome for this study was OHRQoL, measured by OHIP severity, i.e., the total OHIP-14 score (sum of the Likert-type responses for the fourteen questions, range 0–56), and OHIP prevalence, i.e., the relative frequency of one or more impacts “often/very often” on OHQoL [9]....
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...Of all these instruments, the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) [13] is the most widely used to assess the impact of oral health on quality life in adults and the elderly [12]....
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...OHRQoL was measured using the OHIP-14....
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...The OHIP-14 intends to assess the dysfunction, discomfort and disability caused by oral condition [10]....
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...Untreated caries, severe tooth loss and periodontitis were pointed out as being among the 100 conditions that cause burden in the Global Burden Disease [3]....
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...While many countries have seen a decrease in the prevalence of tooth loss, this oral condition still represents a significant health concern among Brazilian adults [2] and in 2010, in the Global Burden Disease study, severe tooth loss was pointed as one of the 100 health conditions causing injuries among populations [3]....
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