@article{ref1,
title="Impact of traumatic dental injuries and malocclusions on quality of life of preschool children: A population-based study",
journal="International journal of paediatric dentistry",
year="2014",
author="Abanto, Jenny and Tello, Gustavo and Bonini, Gabriela Cunha and Oliveira, Luciana Butini and Murakami, Christiana and Bönecker, Marcelo",
volume="25",
number="1",
pages="18-28",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Few studies assessed the impact of traumatic dental injuries (TDI) and malocclusions on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in preschool children. AIM: To assess the impact of the presence of TDI and malocclusions, as well as its severity and types, respectively, on the OHRQoL of preschool children. DESIGN: The study was conducted in 1215 children aged 1-4 years old who attended the National Day of Children Vaccination in Diadema, Brazil. Parents answered the Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (B-ECOHIS) and socio-demographic conditions. Calibrated dental examiners performed the oral examinations for TDI and malocclusions. Poisson regression models adjusted by dental caries associated the clinical and socio-demographic conditions with the outcome. RESULTS: The multivariate adjusted models showed associations between some individual domains of the B-ECOHIS and clinical and socio-demographic conditions (P < 0.05). The severity of TDI showed a negative impact on the symptoms domain and self-image/social interaction domain (P < 0.05). Children with complicated TDI were more likely to experience a negative impact on total B-ECOHIS scores (PR = 2.10; P = 0.048). CONCLUSIONS: The presence of complicated TDI and dental caries were associated with worse OHRQoL of Brazilian preschool children, whereas malocclusions do not.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0960-7439",
doi="10.1111/ipd.12092",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ipd.12092"
}