Oral health–related quality of life changes in standard, cleft, and surgery patients after orthodontic treatment

Quality of Life in Adolescents with Cleft Lip and Palate

“…These results disagree with those observed in several studies, in particular that of Antoun et al [29] who found that children with facial malformations may have specific attitudes that influence or even interfere with interactions with others. Facial malformations are not the most accepted physical abnormality in the population with a higher incidence of facial mockery; another factor that affects the social life of their children is the visible deficiency, nose and lips by this abnormality having a negative impact on peer interactions or even in the field of marriage.…”

Does orthodontic treatment before the age of 18 years improve oral health-related quality of life? A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Figure 3 is a forest plot showing the overall change in OHRQoL before and after orthodontic treatment changes derived from 4 cohort studies, involving 243 participants. 20,[25][26][27] The pooled SMD in the reduction of the total OHRQoL scores before and after orthodontic was -0.75 (95% CI -1.15, -0.36) ( Fig. 3).…”

“…The methodological quality scores, derived from the Newcastle-Ottawa scale, are shown in Figure 2 (for full details of scores see Appendix C please see supplementary data file). Overall, seven of the studies were judged to be of low quality, 16,18,19,[23][24][25]27 and 6 were considered to be of moderate quality. 14,15,17,[20][21][22]26 No studies received the maximum of 9 stars and none were therefore assessed as being of high quality.…”

“…This resulted in a total of 14 articles (13 studies) appropriate for inclusion. [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Table 1 summarises the characteristics of the included studies. No RCTs meeting the eligibility criteria were identified.…”

“…One cohort study included three distinct groups of patients; one group with cleft lip and/or palate, another group receiving orthognathic surgical treatment, and a final group who received orthodontic treatment alone and were aged 17 years or under at the start of treatment. 25 As this final group provided data that met the inclusion criteria for this review, this study was deemed appropriate for inclusion.…”