- 作者：Marcelo Weissbluth Frejman ; DDS ; MSc<sup>?sup> ; Ivana Ardenghi Vargas ; DDS ; MSc ; PhD<sup>?sup> ; Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rö ; sing ; DDS ; MSc ; PhD<sup>&Dagger ; sup> ; Luciane Quadrado Closs ; DDS ; MSc ; PhD<sup>§ ; sup><sup> ; sup><sup>lucloss@uol.com.brsup>
- 刊名：Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：April, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：71
- 期：4
- 页码：763-767
- 全文大小：94 K
ss=""h4"">Purpose
Patients with dentofacial deformities tend to show poorer oral health-related quality of life, but few studies thus far have focused on this topic. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to evaluate oral health-related quality of life, self-esteem, and depression in patients with Class II and Class III dentofacial deformities before orthodontic treatment and to compare these patients with controls with harmonic faces.ss=""h4"">Materials and Methods
This observational, cross-sectional study compared 2 groups (experimental vs control) of patients recruited at an outpatient orthodontic clinic. Oral health-related quality of life was assessed using a short form of the Oral Health Impact Profile, self-esteem was evaluated with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and depression symptoms were assessed using the General Hospital Depression Scale (outcome variables). The presence of dentofacial deformities (ie, group allocation) was the primary predictor variable. The ¦Ö<sup>2sup> test and Spearman correlation coefficient were used to analyze data.
ss=""h4"">Results
The total sample was composed of 68 individuals (34 in each group). In the experimental group, 55.9 % of patients were women, and 88.2 % presented a Class III occlusal relation. The mean age in the experimental group was 27.56 years. Significant differences were observed between the 2 groups in oral health-related quality of life (P < .001) and self-esteem (P < .019), but no differences were found for depression (P = .161).
ss=""h4"">Conclusions
Patients with dentofacial deformities had a more negative oral health-related quality of life and a lower self-esteem compared with controls. No association was observed between dentofacial deformities and depression.