Impact of severity of tooth loss on oral-health-related quality of life among dental patients
MohammadAbdul Baseer, NadaM Anbarserri, KiratMohammed Ismail, Hanaa Anbarserri, Dalya Mahmoud Alanazi, AbdulrahmanDahham Alsaffan, Rakan Saifuddin Shaheen
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Tooth loss has a negative impact on the person's life so this study was done to assess the impact of tooth loss on oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in adult patients seeking dental care in private university dental clinics using Arabic version of 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire in Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 152 patients seeking dental care at a private university dental clinics in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. A structured and close-ended OHIP-14 questionnaire was self-administered by the study participants. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney, and Spearman's correlation tests were applied to the data. RESULTS: = 0.044) subscales. CONCLUSION: Tooth loss adversely affected the OHRQoL among the dental patients. As the severity of teeth lost increased, the OHIP-14 score also increased with higher oral health impairments.