Journal of
Oral Rehabilitation
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2014 41; 416--422
Dental status and oral health-related quality of life. A population-based study C. M. VISSCHER*, F. LOBBEZOO* & A. A. SCHULLER†‡
*Department of Oral Kinesiology, Aca-
demic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, †TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Leiden, The Netherlands and ‡Department of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, University Medical Center Groningen, The University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
SUMMARY Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is associated with tooth wear and tooth loss. This study investigated the association between OHRQoL and dental status (in terms of natural dentition, partial or complete dentures, or edentulism). Sixteen hundred and twenty-two persons who participated in a large-scale Dutch dental survey were interviewed. Dentate persons (n = 1407) were additionally invited for a clinical examination (response rate: 69%). Dental status was based upon the combined data from this clinical examination and the questionnaire (seven dental status groups were defined). OHRQoL was measured by the Dutch translation of the short version of the Oral Health Impact Profile, the OHIP-NL14. Kruskal–Wallis tests and Mann– Whitney U tests were used to investigate differences in OHRQoL between the dental status groups. For all OHIP-NL14 scales, differences in OHRQoL were found between the dental status
Introduction To enable a proper assessment of the oral health needs and treatment demands of dental patients and to better predict the outcome of different therapeutic interventions, it is important to recognise the patients’ self-perception of oral health (1). Over the past decades, several studies have suggested that oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) differs between patients with various dental conditions. For example, patients with extensive tooth wear are shown to have an impaired OHRQoL which is com© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
groups (all P-values
Oral Rehabilitation
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2014 41; 416--422
Dental status and oral health-related quality of life. A population-based study C. M. VISSCHER*, F. LOBBEZOO* & A. A. SCHULLER†‡
*Department of Oral Kinesiology, Aca-
demic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, †TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Leiden, The Netherlands and ‡Department of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, University Medical Center Groningen, The University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
SUMMARY Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is associated with tooth wear and tooth loss. This study investigated the association between OHRQoL and dental status (in terms of natural dentition, partial or complete dentures, or edentulism). Sixteen hundred and twenty-two persons who participated in a large-scale Dutch dental survey were interviewed. Dentate persons (n = 1407) were additionally invited for a clinical examination (response rate: 69%). Dental status was based upon the combined data from this clinical examination and the questionnaire (seven dental status groups were defined). OHRQoL was measured by the Dutch translation of the short version of the Oral Health Impact Profile, the OHIP-NL14. Kruskal–Wallis tests and Mann– Whitney U tests were used to investigate differences in OHRQoL between the dental status groups. For all OHIP-NL14 scales, differences in OHRQoL were found between the dental status
Introduction To enable a proper assessment of the oral health needs and treatment demands of dental patients and to better predict the outcome of different therapeutic interventions, it is important to recognise the patients’ self-perception of oral health (1). Over the past decades, several studies have suggested that oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) differs between patients with various dental conditions. For example, patients with extensive tooth wear are shown to have an impaired OHRQoL which is com© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
groups (all P-values
