Oral Health-Related Quality of life and its association with malocclusion and self-perception of dental aesthetics in Adolescents / Qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal e sua associação com má oclusão e autopercepção da estética dentária em adolescentes

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Fabrícia Soares
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: da Silva, Sérgio Soares, da Silva, Aline Cavalcanti, Aroucha Lyra, Maria Carlla, da Silveira, Mariana Araújo Coutinho, Rosenblatt, Aronita, Théresè Innes, Nicola Patrícia, Heimer, Monica Vilela
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Veras
• DOI: 10.34117/bjdv6n10-742
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BRJD/article/view/19261
• topic: Self-perception; dental aesthetics; adolescents; orthodontics.

Introduction: Studies have shown that malocclusions can have a negative impact on the quality of life and self-esteem of adolescents. This study aimed to verify the association between Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, malocclusion and self-perceived dental aesthetics in Brazilian adolescents.  Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 580 students between 12 and 15 years old. The oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) was evaluated using Child OIDP, malocclusion was determined by DAI, self-perceived dental aesthetics was evaluated using the OASIS, and IOTN-AC assessed the self-perceived orthodontic treatment need. The statistical analysis involved descriptive and inferential methods, such as Pearson’s chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test and multiple logistic regressions, with significance level of 5%.  Results: The prevalence of oral impact was high (73.4%), 49.1% presented malocclusion and 25.0% had a highly desirable orthodontic treatment need. Negative self-perception of dental aesthetics was observed in 50.0% of adolescents and 13.1% thought they needed orthodontic treatment. The impact on quality of life was associated to gender, self-perceived dental aesthetic (p<0.001), malocclusion + self-perceived dental aesthetic (p<0.001) and self-perceived orthodontic treatment need (p=0.045). The logistic regression results indicated that being female and having negative self-perception of dental aesthetics are directly involved in the quality of life of adolescents. Conclusion: Being female and having a negative self-perception of one’s dental aesthetics are risk factors for impacting negatively on oral health related quality of life.