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Revista da Associacao Paulista de Cirurgioes Dentistas

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Abstract

PENA, Maria del Carmen et al. Impact of oral health conditions on quality of life of children with visual and hearing impairments. Rev. Assoc. Paul. Cir. Dent. [online]. 2016, vol.70, n.4, pp. 370-382. ISSN 0004-5276.

Purpose: To assess the impact of oral conditions on the oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children with visual and hearing impairments. Materials and Methods: Parents/ caregivers of 60 children answered the Peruvian versions of the ECOHIS and the P-CPQ, for children aged 3 to 5 years and 6 to 14 years, respectively. Dental caries, dental treatment needs, traumatic dental injuries and malocclusions were assessed. Results: The final adjusted models for ECOHIS and P-CPQ showed that high severity of caries and the increase in dmft+DMFT, respectively, had a negative impact on children's OHRQoL (p<0.001). Children with severe treatment needs showed a negative impact on the symptoms' domain of the ECOHIS (RR=1.90; p=0.016), whereas any dental treatment need had a negative impact on total P-CPQ-scores (p<0.001). Conclusions: High caries experience and severity and dental treatment needs are associated with a negative impact on OHRQoL of children with visual and hearing impairments, whereas TDIs and malocclusions do not. Oral health education programs should be directed to seek new strategies for prevention of this dental caries and their treatment in patients with sensorial impairments.

Keywords : children; oral health; quality of life; vision disorders; hearing loss..

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