scholarly journals What’s new for the clinician? - Excerpts from and summaries of recently published papers

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 160-163
Author(s):  
Veerasamy Yengopal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Third Molar ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Good Doctor ◽  
Related Quality

Surgical removal of impacted 3rd molars is a common surgical procedure carried out by both general and specialist oral health professionals. This procedure is often associated with postoperative pain, swelling and bleeding which affects the patients eating and speaking and oral health related quality of life. Very little published studies have investigated the effect of postoperative follow-up on the quality of life of affected patients. Traditional postoperative follow-up via telephone has proven to be effective and it has effects such as reducing the cost of consultation compared with conventional on-site follow-up. However, in clinical practice, telephone follow-up was found to greatly increase the time consumption of doctors and nurses, as they have to repeat the same instructions or guidelines, and patients often reject the calls, as they think that these unknown incoming calls are harassing calls. The increase in online medical care facilitates patients’ access to medical services and also enables doctors to manage their cases more efficiently and follow up with their registered patients quickly and accurately to obtain important clinical data. Zheng and colleagues form China (2021) used the Good Doctor Online mobile app to follow up registered patients after tooth extraction. The primary aim of their study was to evaluate the effectiveness of postoperative online follow-up on patients’ quality of life following impacted mandibular third molar removal. A further objective was to investigate the application value of online medical care in the field of oral therapy.

Relationship Between Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and the Position of the Lower Third Molar: Postoperative Follow-Up

2012 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 779-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Matalon Negreiros ◽  
Maria Gabriela Haye Biazevic ◽  
Waldyr Antonio Jorge ◽  
Edgard Michel-Crosato
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Third Molar ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Gingivitis influences oral health-related quality of life in adolescents: findings from a cohort study

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Ruffo Ortiz ◽  
Camila Silveira Sfreddo ◽  
Ana Gabriela Maieron Coradini ◽  
Maria Laura Braccini Fagundes ◽  
Thiago Machado Ardenghi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Periodontal Index ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is affected by different clinical conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of gingivitis on OHRQoL in adolescents. Methodology: This cohort study consisted of a random sample of 1,134 schoolchildren enrolled during 2012, in Santa Maria, Brazil. After two years, 743 adolescents were follow-up (response rate: 65.5%). Clinical, socioeconomic and OHRQoL data were collected. OHRQoL was assessed by the short Brazilian version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11-14 (CPQ11-14), and gingival bleeding through Community Periodontal Index. Gingivitis was considered with the presence of 15% or more bleeding sites. Poisson regression models were used to evaluate the association between gingivitis and overall and domain-specific CPQ11-14 scores. Prevalence of gingivitis at baseline was considered the main predictor for the OHRQoL at follow-up. Results: Gingivitis at baseline was associated with higher overall CPQ 11-14 score (RR = 1.07; 95%CI 1.01 - 1.14), and emotional well-being (RR = 1.17; 95%CI 1.04 - 1.31), independently of other oral conditions and socioeconomic variables. Conclusions: The findings indicate that gingivitis negatively impacts the adolescents’ OHRQoL. Moreover, gender, maternal schooling and household income were also associated with OHRQoL.

scholarly journals Influence of malocclusion on oral health-related quality of life in children: a seven-year cohort study

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelito TONDOLO JUNIOR ◽  
Jessica Klöckner KNORST ◽  
Gabriele Rissotto MENEGAZZO ◽  
Bruno EMMANUELLI ◽  
Thiago Machado ARDENGHI
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the influence of early childhood malocclusion on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Methods: 7-year cohort study involving 639 preschoolers (1 to 5 years) who had been evaluated initially with a survey conduced in 2010. Children completed the Brazilian version of the Child Perception Questionnaire (CPQ8-10) to assess OHRQoL during the follow-up period. Exploratory variables were collected at baseline, including the presence and severity of malocclusion (overjet and lip coverage). Socioeconomic characteristics, oral health behavior, and patterns of dental attendance were also investigated. A multilevel Poisson regression model was used to fit the association between malocclusion and OHRQoL. With this approach, incidence rate ratio (IRR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated. Results: A total of 449 children were re-evaluated (follow-up rate, 70.3%). The prevalence of accentuated overjet and inadequate lip coverage was 13.5% and 11.9%, respectively. The mean (±SD) CPQ8-10 score was 10.57±10.32. The presence of inadequate lip coverage was associated with higher overall mean CPQ8-10 scores (IRR 1.51; 95% CI 1.29-1.77), and social well-being, emotional well-being, and functional limitation domains. Children with accentuated overjet (>3mm) also demonstrated higher overall scores on the CPQ8-10 than their normal counterparts. The presence of this condition also influenced the oral symptom (IRR 1.29; 95% CI 1.08-1.53) and emotional well-being (IRR 1.30; 95% CI 1.02-1.66) domains. Conclusion: Results of the present study suggest that early childhood malocclusion is a risk factor for low OHRQoL in future.

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