Oral health-related quality of life in orthodontic patients during initial therapy with conventional brackets or self-ligating brackets

Introduction. Although the associations between orthodontic and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL) have been explored, little research has been done to address the influence of brackets type on perceived OHRQOL. The aim of this study was to assess whether the levels of OHRQOL in Chinese adolescence patients were influenced by the type of brackets.Materials and Methods. One hundred fifty Chinese orthodontic adolescence patients completed the 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14, Chinese version) at five distinct intervals: after insertion of the fixed appliance at 1 week (T1), 1 month (T2), 3 months (T3), and 6 months (T4); and after treatment (T5).Results. Patients with self-ligating brackets were associated with less pain and discomfort at any intervals compared with conventional brackets, but no significant difference of overall OHIP-14 scores could be found between two groups. Moreover, in both groups, overall scores at T1 and T2 were significantly higher than the scores at any other intervals in both groups.Conclusions. The type of orthodontic appliance did not affect oral health-related quality of life in Chinese adolescence patients.

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An Assessment of Oral Health Related Quality of Life in Orthodontics Patients with Micro-Implant: A Pilot Study

UI Proceedings on Health and Medicine ◽

10.7454/uiphm.v1i0.42 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

Author(s):

Zubaidah Mohammad Zubir ◽

Mohd Masood ◽

Aida Nur Ashikin Abd Rahman

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Oral Health ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Control Group ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Orthodontic Patients ◽

Micro Implants

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHQoL) among orthodontic patients who had micro-implants.Methods: This pilot study involved a total of sixteen orthodontics patients. The samples were selected from the postgraduate orthodontic clinic, Faculty of Dentistry Universiti Teknologi MARA. The study consisted of five (31.3%) males and eleven females (68.8%), aged between 18-30 years. The patients were divided equally into two groups (control and titanium alloy micro-implant). The micro-implants had diameter of 1.6mm and length of 8mm. Eight patients were treated without using micro-implant for the control group. The micro-implants were inserted by single operator. Cases with higher anchorage requirement were selected for micro-implant placements. The oral health quality of life was assessed by using S-OHIP14 (M) Malay version at two times which is before micro-implant insertion (T₀) and after four weeks’ micro-implant insertion (T₁).Results: There were no significant different found on functional limitation, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical disability, psychological disability, social disability and handicap domains of OHIP-14 between the study group and control group (P>0.05).Conclusion: This pilot study showed that orthodontic treatment with micro-implants will not worsen the OHQoL of orthodontic patients and orthodontic patients without micro-implant perceived as having a similar level of OHQoL.

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Bullying in orthodontic patients and its relationship to malocclusion, self-esteem and oral health-related quality of life

Journal of Orthodontics ◽

10.1179/14653121141641 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 38 (4) ◽

pp. 247-256 ◽

Cited By ~ 74

Author(s):

Jadbinder Seehra ◽

Padhraig S Fleming ◽

Tim Newton ◽

Andrew T DiBiase

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Oral Health ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Orthodontic Patients

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Influence of a Lubricating Gel (Orthospeed®) on Pain and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Orthodontic Patients during Initial Therapy with Conventional and Low-Friction Brackets: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm9051474 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 1474 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Adrian Curto ◽

Alberto Albaladejo ◽

Javier Montero ◽

Alfonso Alvarado

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Clinical Trial ◽

Oral Health ◽

Randomized Clinical Trial ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Low Friction ◽

Related Quality ◽

Conventional Brackets ◽

Health Related

The aim of this study was to investigate whether statistically significant differences exist regarding pain and the impact on oral quality of life of orthodontic treatment. A conventional brackets system was compared with low-friction brackets. A total of 90 patients (male = 35, female = 55) were chosen for this randomized clinical trial. Pain was assessed at 4, 8, and 24 hours and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 days after the start of treatment using the McGill Pain Questionnaire. Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) was assessed using the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire. Oral quality of life was assessed at one month, with patients with low-friction brackets describing lower levels of pain. The patients with conventional brackets indicated a worse impact on their quality of life compared to the group with low-friction brackets. Statistically significant differences were found between the groups, with maximum pain observed between the first 24 and 48 hours, and the values of minimum pain are reached after 7 days. The pain and impact on oral quality of life was statistically worse in patients with conventional brackets compared to patients with low-friction brackets. The type of bracket system used was therefore shown to influence patients’ perceptions of pain and impact on their OHRQoL.

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