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Volume 7 Issue 7 (July, 2019)

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Relationship between Oral Health Related Quality of Life and Dental Anxiety among 11 to 14 year old children
Shweta Chandak, Sneha Khekade, Milind Wasnik, Manveen Lamba, Miranda George, Niharika Gahlod

Aim and Objectives: 1) To evaluate dental fear and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in middle school children.  2) To evaluate the relationship between dental fear and previous dental experience and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among middle school children.  Materials and Method: - A cross sectional study is being conducted using a multi –stage stratified sampling in middle school children. Information on oral health related quality of life is being collected from the children using Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14/Slade 1997) and dental fear is documented using Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale, Revised (DAS-R). Information on past dental experience and socio-demographic data is being collected from parents using self- administered questionnaire. Dental examinations are being performed to assess caries experience. Statistical analysis: Chi-square test. Result: - Bivariate analysis between Dental anxiety and Oral health related quality of life identified a significant association with p=0.002. An odds ratio of 2.50 showed that subjects with high dental anxiety were more likely to be among patient group with a reduced oral health related quality of life. Conclusion: - This study demonstrates that Dental fear is associated with the impact that oral health has on quality of life.

Keywords: Oral health has on quality of life, Dental fear, The Oral Health Impact Profile, The Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) by Corah.

Received: 12 April, 2019                            Revised:  24 June 2019                             Accepted: 26 June 2019

Corresponding author: Dr. Sneha Khekade- Post graduate student, Postal address: Room no203, I wing, Phase 2, Pioneer woods, Wanadongri, Hingna Nagpur

This article may be cited as: Chandak S, Khekade S, Wasnik M, Lamba M, George M, Gahlod N. Relationship between Oral Health Related Quality of Life and Dental Anxiety among 11 to 14 year old children. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(7): 53-57.

 
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