Quality of Life after Orthodontic Therapy from the Perspective of CS-OIDP

Ângela Cristina Pinto de Paiva Cunha¹, Kenio Costa de Lima¹, Olga Benário Vieira Maranhão¹, Ana Gláucia de Oliveira Macedo², Anderson Farias da Cunha², José Augusto Mendes Miguel³

¹Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
²Rehabilitation Hospital of Craniofacial Anomalies of São Paulo University (HRAC-USP), Bauru, Brazil.
³State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1101150                

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of occlusal problems on quality of life in 288 patients who had undergone fixed orthodontic therapy, as well as to investigate the factors associated with this impact. Material and Methods: The orthodontic treatment needed by the IOTN index and the adequacy of treatment through the PAR index were evaluated in models. The impact on quality of life was assessed using the CS-OIDP index. For data analysis, we used the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test for a confidence level of 95%. Results: The impact of malocclusion on quality of life was low, being present in 29.2% of cases. Performances of smiling, emotional state, and cleanliness of the mouth were the most affected. Factors related to the impact were the kind of service of the treatment performed, the need for orthodontic treatment, type of problem that motivated the treatment, and current age at the end of treatment. Conclusions: Despite the low impact, it was strengthened the hypothesis that patients undergoing orthodontic therapy had an improved quality of life.

Keywords

Quality of Life, Malocclusion, PAR, IOTN, CS-OIDP

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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