scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND SALIVARY CORTISOL LEVELS IN CHILDREN WITH CARIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Annisa Khairani ◽  
Eva Fauziah ◽  
Sarworini B. Budiardjo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Cortisol Level ◽  
Salivary Cortisol ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Cortisol Levels

Objective: Dental caries can cause pain and discomfort, especially in children. If they remain untreated, they can impact a child’s oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and trigger the release of salivary cortisol. Many research studies have been conducted to determine the influence of dental caries on the OHRQoL and salivary cortisol levels, but none has described the correlation between them. This research examined the correlation between the OHRQoL and the salivary cortisol levels in children with caries.Methods: This experiment was observational and analytical with a cross-sectional design. The experimental data were statistically analyzed using the Kendall’s tau and Spearman’s rank correlations to compare the OHRQoL and salivary cortisol levels.Results: The results of this study showed that there was a small correlation (r=0.3) between the OHRQoL and salivary cortisol level with a negative trend. This suggests that if the cortisol level slow, the child’s OHRQoL is high. The chronic inflammation caused by dental caries can influence the OHRQoL and trigger the release of cortisol in the saliva.Conclusion: Children with good OHRQoLs have low salivary cortisol levels, suggesting an unstressed condition. Practical implications: Untreated caries may cause pulpitis (represent in decayed, missing, and filled teeth in this study) in children aged 8–10 years old has an impact in their OHRQoL. Meanwhile, salivary cortisol levels as biomarker of inflammation may influence in many factors.

scholarly journals Assessment of orofacial dysfunctions, salivary cortisol levels and oral health related quality of life (ORHQoL) in young adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (12) ◽  
pp. 1521-1527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polyanne Junqueira Silva Andresen Strini ◽  
Paulinne Junqueira Silva Andresen Strini ◽  
Taís De Souza Barbosa ◽  
Maria Beatriz Duarte Gavião
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Salivary Cortisol ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Cortisol Levels

scholarly journals Impact of dental caries on oral health related quality of life among preschool children: perceptions of parents

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Pakkhesal ◽  
Elham Riyahi ◽  
AliAkbar Naghavi Alhosseini ◽  
Parisa Amdjadi ◽  
Nasser Behnampour
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Dmft Index ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Childhood dental caries can affect the children’s and their parents’ oral health-related quality of life. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of oral and dental health conditions on the oral health-related quality of life in preschool children and their parents. Methods In this descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study, samples were selected from children 3 to 6 years old enrolled in licensed kindergartens using "proportional allocation" sampling. Then, the parents of the children were asked to complete the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS). Results In this study, 350 children aged 3 to 6 years were evaluated with a mean age of 4.73 years. The mean dmft index (decayed, missed, and filled teeth) was 3.94 ± 4.17. The mean score of oral health-related quality of life was 11.88 ± 6.9, which 9.36 ± 5.02 belongs to the impact on children and 2.52 ± 3.20 to parents' impact. Conclusions The mean score of ECOHIS increased with the dmft index increase in children, indicating a significant relationship between the dmft and ECOHIS score. These outcomes can be used as proper resources to develop preventive policies and promote oral health in young children.

Association of dental caries morbidity stages with oral health‐related quality of life in children and adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-302
Author(s):  
Sammia Anacleto de Albuquerque Pinheiro ◽  
Hermanda Barbosa Rodrigues ◽  
Jhonatan Thiago Lacerda Santos ◽  
Gélica Lima Granja ◽  
Adrian Lussi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Condition-Specific Oral Health Impacts in Thai Children and Adolescents: Findings From the National Oral Health–Related Quality of Life Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piyada Prasertsom ◽  
Issarapong Kaewkamnerdpong ◽  
Sudaduang Krisdapong
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Oral Lesions ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Oral Impacts

This study was a part of the 7th National Oral Health Survey of Thailand and aimed to assess overall and condition-specific oral health–related quality of life of 12 and 15 year olds. Oral impacts were assessed using the Child-Oral Impacts on Daily Performances Index for 12 year olds and the Oral Impacts on Daily Performances index for 15 year olds. Overall oral impacts and condition-specific oral impacts (CS-impacts) were calculated. Detailed characteristics of CS-impacts were analyzed. Seventy-five percent of 12 year olds and 70.1% of 15 year olds had one or more oral impacts. CS-impacts attributed to dental caries were 37.8% and 36.5% for 12 and 15 year olds, respectively, followed by CS-impacts attributed to periodontal diseases and oral lesions. Dental caries was the most important cause of oral impacts. The severe impacts on daily performances of 12 year olds were mainly caused by dental caries, while those of 15 year olds related to dental caries and oral lesions. The majority of Thai children and adolescents experienced oral impacts. CS-impacts attributed to dental caries were most prevalent and most severe.

Oral health-related quality of life among children undergoing cancer therapy.

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e12006-e12006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Ming Wong ◽  
Chun Hung Chu ◽  
Godfrey Chi Fung Chan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Cancer Therapy ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Clinical Examination ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

e12006 Background: Despite much interest in oral complications in cancer patients and studies reporting their prevalence, aetiology and management, there has been little understanding of how they affect the patients and the family. The aim of this study was, therefore, to assess the impact of oral complications on life quality for children undergoing cancer therapy. Methods: Seventy 6 - 14 years old paediatric patients undergoing cancer therapy in the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong participated in this study. A clinical examination of the dentition and oral soft tissues was performed using criteria suggested by the World Health Organization. Clinical examination evaluated the status of: i) dental caries (DMFT/dmft Index), ii) periodontal health (CPI Index), iii) infection, such as herpes and candidiasis, iv) thrombocytopathy in the form of oral petechiae and spontaneous gingival bleeding, v) xerostomia, and vi) mucositis (WHO Mucositis Scale). Two questionnaires were filled by the children and their parents: i) the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ), and ii) a questionnaire contained simple closed questions to collect the information of oral health habits of children and demographic data from the parents. Results: Higher CPQ scores were found in children with mucositis (p < 0.001), dental caries (p < 0.001), children who were born in mainland China (p < 0.05), or parents of lower education or income level (p < 0.05). In multiple regression analyses, mucositis and dental caries were the significant predictors (p < 0.001) of the higher CPQ scores among the various parents and children characteristics collected in this survey. Conclusions: The findings of this study showed that paediatric cancer patients with mucositis and dental caries had poorer oral health-related quality of life.

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