Department of Child Dental Health, School of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilé-Ifé, Osun State, Nigeria; Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilé-Ifé, Osun State, Nigeria; Nigerian Army Medical Cor
Oziegbe, E.O., Department of Child Dental Health, School of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilé-Ifé, Osun State, Nigeria; Esan, T.A., Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilé-Ifé, Osun State, Nigeria; Adesina, B.A., Nigerian Army Medical Corps., Orthodontic Unit, Bonny Camp, Lagos State, Nigeria
Purpose: Oral health problems have been increasingly recognized as important factors causing a negative impact on daily performance and quality of life. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of tooth extraction with no replacement, untreated fractured anterior teeth, malocclusion, dental restorations, and orthodontic braces on the quality of life in Nigerian schoolchildren. Methods: A total of 197 9- to 17-year-old schoolchildren completed the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) index/questionnaire. Results: Students who had tooth extraction with no replacement and untreated fractured incisors had significantly higher mean OHIP scores for functional limitations, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical, psychological, and social disabilities, and handicaps (P<.001) when compared to other groups and the control. The mean OHIP scores of students with features of malocclusion were significantly higher for functional limitations, psychological discomfort, and psychological disability compared to the control group (P<.001). Conclusions: Untreated dental problems had some negative impact on the quality of life on the 7 subscales of the OHIP.
adolescent; article; attitude to health; child; comparative study; cross-sectional study; daily life activity; dental surgery; eating; female; health; human; human relation; incisor; injury; male; malocclusion; mastication; mental stress; Nigeria; orthodontic bracket; pain; periodontal disease; physiology; psychological aspect; quality of life; self concept; social behavior; tooth extraction; tooth fracture; tooth pain; Activities of Daily Living; Adolescent; Attitude to Health; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dental Restoration, Permanent; Eating; Female; Humans; Incisor; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Malocclusion; Mastication; Nigeria; Oral Health; Orthodontic Brackets; Pain; Quality of Life; Self Concept; Social Behavior; Stress, Psychological; Tooth Extraction; Tooth Fractures; Tooth Loss; Toothache