Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
The increasing life expectancy in developed countries is associated with growth in the incidence of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and dental caries . These developments have implications for decrements in quality of life related to general
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1840
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Oral Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1841
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Oral Health in the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1843
4 Broader Understanding of Oral Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1844 4.1 Definition of Oral Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1844 4.2 Oral Health and General Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1845 5
Oral Health and Quality of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1845
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Oral Health Related Quality of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1846 Measuring Oral Health Related Quality of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1847 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1849 Data on OHRQoL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1851 Summary Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1851
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Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
Abstract: The increasing life expectancy in developed countries is associated with growth in the incidence of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and > dental caries. These developments have implications for decrements in quality of life related to general health as well as > oral health. Consequently, medical care and social programs are focusing increasingly upon enhancement of patients’ quality of life. Together with the extension of people’s lifespan, the World Health Organization (WHO) ascertained the enhancement of the quality of life as a central goal of health care systems. With respect to oral health, treatment of oral diseases is extremely costly and therefore a significant economic burden for many industrialized countries. Hence, in order to strengthen dental public health programs and set priorities for investment in oral healthcare-related research and treatments, planners have shown growing interest in quantifying the consequences of oral diseases that affect individuals’ functioning, comfort, and ability to perform everyday activities. The concept of quality of life is multidimensional including health as one dimension. Quality of life is
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