Impacto das etapas do tratamento orto-cirúrgico na qualidade de vida de pacientes portadores de deformidades dentofaciais

• Autor(a) principal: Palomares, Nathália Barbosa
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/14179
• topic: Quality of life; Orthognathic surgery; Orthodontics, Corrective; Malocclusion, Angle Class II; Malocclusion, Angle Class III; Qualidade de vida; Cirurgia ortognática; Ortodontia Corretiva; Má oclusão de Angle Classe II; Má oclusão de Angle Classe III; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA

Patients with dentofacial deformities may complain about having trouble chewing and speaking, temporomandibular joint disorders, dissatisfaction with their own appearance and low self-esteem. They frequently seek out orthosurgical treatment motivated by an expectation of a significant aesthetic, functional and psychosocial improvement. Evidence currently available is not yet conclusive about the benefits of orthognathic surgery towards Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL). This is due to a lack of consensus among the various methods used to measure the changes among the existing studies, mainly performed in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Therefore the use of specific tools is important to evaluate the effects of this therapeutic modality on the daily life of Brazilian patients. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the impact of orthosurgical treatment on patients perceptions of their OHRQoL, and the influence of gender, age, socioeconomic status, schooling and occlusal characteristics, at the four stages of this treatment modality: (1) Initial; (2) Pre-surgical orthodontic treatment; (3) Post-surgical; and (4) Retention (post-treatment). Two hundred and fifty-four patients were interviewed at three important local attendance centers in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Quality of life was evaluated by OHIP-14 (Oral Health Impact Profile - Short Version) and OQLQ (Orthognathic Quality of Life Questionnaire) translated and validated into Brazilian Portuguese. The severity of Malocclusion and aesthetic self-perception were assessed by IOTN (Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need) and DAI (Dental Aesthetic Index). Data analysis was performed using Chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis tests and negative binomial regression models. The four groups shared similar make up in terms of gender (p = 0.463), schooling (p = 0.276) and economic status (p = 0.100). Among those interviewed, there was a predominance of women, who had graduated from high school, and with family income of between two and three minimum wages, presenting severe Class III malocclusion. In the negative binomial regression model, adjusted for gender, age, family income and schooling, the OHRQoL evaluated by OHIP-14 demonstrated that the Initial group presented more negative impact than the Postsurgical, Pre-surgical or Retention groups; OQLQ showed that the Initial group suffered more negative impacts than the Pre-surgical, Post-surgical and Retention groups, in this sequence. Any influence of age, family income and schooling was not detected. The female gender showed more negative impact on the OHRQoL, primarily concerning dental function and social aspects. It was concluded that patients who completed orthosurgical treatment presented the benefit of less acute impacts on the OHRQoL, better self-perception of the aesthetic and less severe malocclusion, when compared to patients at pre and post-surgical stages and those individuals not treated for dentofacial deformities.