Abstract

LOPES, Manuela Wanderley Ferreira; GUSMAO, Estela Santos; ALVES, Renato de Vasconcelos  and  CIMOES, Renata. Impact of periodontal diseases on quality of life. RGO, Rev. gaúch. odontol. (Online) [online]. 2011, vol.59, suppl.1, pp. 39-44. ISSN 1981-8637.

Objetivo The present study aimed to review the literature concerning the impact of periodontal diseases on quality of life. It was used Blackwell, Science Direct, Scielo and Ovid databases to search scientific articles from 1984 to 2007. In this research was used the following key-words: oral health, quality of life, impact, periodontal diseases and periodontitis. During the last years some researches have showed association of periodontal disease with the quality of life; however, heterogeneous socio-economics aspects for the subjects and the presence of other oral diseases could be able to confound this correlation. According the present review, it could be concluded that periodontal compromised patients self-report negative influences on quality of life, and the worse conditions on quality of life were reported to have a higher prevalence in more severely compromised patients.

Keywords : Quality of life.; Periodontics.; Oral health..