The use of the Oral Health Impact Profile to measure the impact of mild, moderate and severe hypodontia on oral health‐related quality of life in young adults

Abstract

There is limited understanding of the subjective impact of congenital absence of teeth in patients with hypodontia. This study aimed to investigate the impact of mild, moderate and severe hypodontia on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and its relationship to age, gender and extent of hypodontia prior to treatment. 82 patients (43 females and 39 males, age range from 16 to 34 years) with a confirmed diagnosis of non-syndromic hypodontia were recruited for this study prior to treatment. Demographic details were recorded and a clinical examination documented the number and location of missing teeth. Participants were also asked to complete an oral health-related quality of life measure, the OHIP-49. The impact was of hypodontia was significant, with appearance concerns being the most prevalent impacts on oral health-related quality of life. Gender was a significant predictor of the overall OHIP-49 score, with females having higher level of impacts. The number and location of missing permanent teeth was not a good predictor of quality of life. However, location of missing teeth was a predictor of the psychological discomfort subscale score. There was a positive correlation between age and the functional limitation and physical disability subscale scores. This study shows that the impact of hypodontia on oral health-related quality of life is substantial.

Assessment of oral health‐related quality of life in adolescents, young adults, and adults with dental agenesis: A comparative study

“…Based on the variables evaluated in the present study, the impact increases with years of study, severity, and location of DA in the anterior and posterior regions, influencing SD, PD2, and HP, while for Anweig et al, the sex, age, number, and location of missing teeth were associated with the impact on OHRQoL, showing a substantial impact of DA mainly on PD1, FL, and PD2. PD2 can be highlighted in both studies as significantly impacting the activities of daily living, such as communication, work tolerance, and self‐care.…”

“…Despite the low OHRQoL, the key result in the present study was that, DA negatively impacts OHRQoL in adolescents/young adults and adults (volunteers, from 14 to 55 years of age). Regarding the literature, five articles investigated this theme in children and adolescents (from 11 to 17 years of age) and two articles in adolescents, young adults, and adults (from 16 to 45 years), as in our study. No article evaluated the impact of DA on OHRQoL using OHIP‐14, as in our study.…”

“…According to Locker et al, agenesis needs attention, and its impact on the well‐being and oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL) in individuals should be assessed. A few studies have investigated the impact of dental anomalies on OHRQoL …”

Discriminative ability of the generic and condition specific Oral Impact on Daily Performance (OIDP) among adolescents with and without hypodontia

“…Studies comparing hypodontia patients to healthy controls [37], patients with a lesser degree of malocclusion (IOTN DHC 2–3) [18] or with normative data [20] report substantially more psychosocial impacts in the hypodontia group. Furthermore, studies investigating OHRQoL in patients with hypodontia, but without a control group, have reported oral impacts among all participants [19,38]. The control group in this study consisted of patients without hypodontia, but with a comparable degree of oral morbidity, rather than a Class I ideal occlusion.…”

Effect of implant therapy on oral health‐related quality of life (OHIP‐49), health status (SF‐36), and satisfaction of patients with several agenetic teeth: Prospective cohort study

“…As a result, a variety of problems can become evident such as problems with esthetics, chewing and speech. Hypodontia also affects the oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL) negatively, as measured with the Child Perceptions questionnaire (CPQ) in children,5, 6 and the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP‐49) in young adults 7, 8…”