The change in oral health related-quality of life among adolescents and their families after orthodontic treatment
| dc.contributor.author | Sawan, Huda | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Wiltshire, William A. (Preventive Dental Science) Asadoorian, Joanna (School of Dental Hygiene) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Lekic, Charles (Preventive Dental Science) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-09T19:19:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-09T19:19:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-08-09 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Preventive Dental Science | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: Assess the changes in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of adolescents and their parents after overjet reduction. Materials and Methods: 53 patients between the ages of 11-18 years with increased dental overjet (≥ 6mm) and their parents were selected, of which 28 were pre- and 25 were post-treatment with dental overjet reduced to within normal limits. The data collection instrument was the Child Oral Health Quality of Life (COHQoL) Questionnaire. Results: Adolescents and their parents reported poorer quality of life before orthodontic treatment than after. The improvement in oral health-related quality of life was statistically significant for all health domains except for the social well-being domain. Parental reports on (OHRQoL) were in agreement with their children’s. No statistically significant differences were evident in (OHRQoL) between pre- and post-treatment groups. Conclusions: Adolescents with increased dental overjet ≥6mm experienced substantial psycho-social impacts. Adolescents with increased overjet can accurately recall the initial negative effects of the original malocclusion on their lives, even after a time lapse of five years. Orthodontic treatment significantly improves the perceived quality of life of orthodontic patients and their parents | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/8152 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | oral health-related quality of life questionnaire | en_US |
| dc.subject | orthodontic treatment | en_US |
| dc.subject | overjet | en_US |
| dc.subject | adolescents | en_US |
| dc.subject | parents | en_US |
| dc.title | The change in oral health related-quality of life among adolescents and their families after orthodontic treatment | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |