Background Cardiac patients are unaware that oral problems can negatively affect their quality of life.Methods This is a cross-sectional study with individuals of both sexes hospitalized in a ward and a cardiac intensive care unit, where sociodemographic and clinical data were collected. An oral bedside inspection was carried out, and the Oral Health Impact Profile questionnaire with 14 questions (OHIP-14) was applied to assess the impact of oral health on quality of life, which addresses 07 dimensions: functional limitation, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical limitation, psychological limitation, social limitation, and incapacity. The Mann-Whitney test was used to compare OHIP-14 and oral condition. Univariate and multivariate Poisson regression evaluated the factors suggestive of an impact on health-related quality of life. Data processing was performed in SPSS.Results Eighty patients were examined, and 68.8% were men, 73.75% had tooth loss, and 21.25% used partial dentures. Edentulous individuals (p = 0.004), partially edentulous (p = 0.002), with the use of dental prostheses (p = 0.008), had worse quality of life concerning oral health, and the factors most suggestive of explanation for this negative impact were coronary fractures (RP adjust. 0.026) and use of prostheses (RP adjust. 0.009).Conclusion Edentulism, tooth loss, and coronary fractures were the clinical indicators of oral health that most impacted the quality of life of individuals with heart disease.

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