Pediatric patients’ reasons for visiting dentists in all WHO regions
Journal
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
ISSN
1477-7525
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Katrin Bekes
Mike T. John
Ksenija Rener-Sitar
Mohammad H. Al-Harthy
Ambra Michelotti
Daniel R. Reissmann
Julijana Nikolovska
Sahityaveera Sanivarapu
Folake B. Lawal
Thomas List
Sanja Peršić Kiršić
Ljiljana Strajnić
Rodrigo Casassus
Kazuyoshi Baba
Martin Schimmel
Ama Amuasi
Ruwan D. Jayasinghe
Sanela Strujić-Porović
Christopher C. Peck
Han Xie
Karina Haugaard Bendixen
Miguel Angel Simancas-Pallares
Eka Perez-Franco
Mohammad Mehdi Naghibi Sistani
Patricia Valerio
Natalia Letunova
Nazik Nurelhuda
David W. Bartlett
Ikeoluwa A. Oluwafemi
Saloua Dghoughi
Joao N. A. R. Ferreira
Pathamas Chantaracherd
Stella Sekulić
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
URL Institutional Repository
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact are the four oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) dimensions (4D) or areas in which oral disorders impact pediatric patients. Using their dentists' assessment, the study aimed to evaluate whether pediatric dental patients' oral health concerns fit into the 4D of the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) construct.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Dentists who treat children from 32 countries and all WHO regions were selected from a web-based survey of 1580 international dentists. Dentists were asked if their pediatric patients with current or future oral health concerns fit into the 4D of the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) construct. Proportions of all pediatric patients’ oral health problems and prevention needs were computed.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Findings</jats:title><jats:p>Data from 101 dentists treating children only and 523 dentists treating children and adults were included. For 90% of pediatric patients, their current oral health problems fit well in the four OHRQoL dimensions. For 91% of oral health problems they intended to prevent in the future were related to these dimensions as well. Both numbers increased to at least 96% when experts analyzed dentists´ explanations of why some oral health problems would not fit these four categories.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>The study revealed the four fundamental components of dental patients, i.e., the four OHRQoL dimensions (Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact) are also applicable for pediatric patients, regardless of whether they have current or future oral health concerns, and should be considered when measuring OHRQoL in the pediatric dental patient population.</jats:p></jats:sec>
Subjects
oral health
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oral health-related quality of life
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surveys and questionnaires
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dentistry
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child
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who
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adult
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ambulatory care
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child
;
dental care
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dental caries
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facial pain
;
humans
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male
;
oral health
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quality of life
;
surveys and questionnaires
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world health organization
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adult
;
article
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dentist
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dentistry
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disease association
;
face pain
;
female
;
human
;
jaw disease
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job experience
;
male
;
mouth
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mouth disease
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mouth pain
;
oral function
;
oral health related quality of life
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orofacial appearance
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orofacial pain
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patient attitude
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personal appearance
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preventive health service
;
quality of life assessment
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social psychology
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tooth disease
;
ambulatory care
;
child
;
dental caries
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dental procedure
;
face pain
;
health
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psychology
;
quality of life
;
questionnaire
;
world health organization