Association of malocclusion, happiness, and oral health–related quality of life (OHRQoL) in schoolchildren

Abstract

Malocclusion had a negative impact on COHRQoL and happiness, mainly on the emotional and social domains.

Dental treatment improves the oral health‐related quality of life of adolescents: A mixed‐methods approach

“…Participants were enrolled consecutively (May of 2016 to December of 2016), and they were interviewed 30 days following the end of the dental treatment 29 and after they had answered the final Children Perception Questionnaire (CPQ [11][12][13][14]. All interviews were carried out in a comfortable non-clinical office setting next to the waiting area of the dental clinic.…”

“…The researcher used open-ended questions F I G U R E 1 Diagram of the mixedmethods approach constructed with help of qualitative researchers with experience in this area ( Table 1). The questions were based on the short form of the Children Perception Questionnaire (CPQ [11][12][13][14] , [25][26][27] whereas other questions were added to probe for more information. The interviews were audiotaped and conducted individually.…”

“…10 Several studies, however, have demonstrated that Brazilian adolescents have a high dental treatment needs 11 and tend to report relative poor oral health and a low OHRQoL in terms of oral symptoms, functional limitations, and emotional and social well-being. [12][13][14][15] Hence, there is scarce information on how dental treatment could help to improve the adolescents' OHRQoL, [16][17][18][19] and on how adolescents experience quality of life. [20][21][22] The use of a qualitative approach into the evaluation of health perceptions may unravel the extent to which social and emotional aspects are being adequately described and understood by the quantitative instruments.…”

“…of Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ [11][12][13][14] validated to Brazilian Portuguese by Torres and colleagues. [25][26][27] The feasibility of the questionnaire was verified by repeating the application in 10% of the sample, and the responsiveness of this questionnaire already has been evaluated.…”

“…28 This questionnaire was answered by adolescents prior to their dental treatment and 1 month 29 after the completion of the treatment, when the adolescents were booked for a recall examination. The CPQ [11][12][13][14] was administered by four trained examiners in the waiting area of the dental clinic. The training of the quantitative interviewers was carried out by two researchers and consisted of theoretical classes about OHRQoL and a practical training with a sub-sample of ten patients.…”