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- Title
IMPACT OF DENTAL TRAUMA AND ESTHETIC IMPAIRMENT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN.
- Authors
Gonçalves, Bruna Miroski; Dias, Loraine Fernandes; da Silva Pereira, Carla; Filho, Marcos Ximenes Ponte; Konrath, Andréa Cristina; da Silva Bolan, Michele; Cardoso, Mariane
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the impact of dental trauma and impaired esthetics on the quality of life (QoL) of preschool children and their relatives. Methods: Study conducted with 192 children aged 2 to 5 years in 11 preschools in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, South of Brazil. Parents/caregivers completed a questionnaire on quality of life (Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scales - B-ECOHIS), a socioeconomic survey, and then answered specific questions related to dental trauma. The subjects were examined by three accordant examiners (Kappa>0.7). Dental trauma was evaluated on the basis of indexes adopted by the World Health Organization, and esthetic impairment was then classified. Data were descriptively analyzed and put to bivariate analysis by chisquare and Fisher tests, with significance level at 5%. Results: The prevalence of dental trauma was 62.5% with 15.6% of esthetic impairment. Almost 12% of parents reported impact on the quality of life of their children. Dental trauma was not significantly associated with gender, age or QoL. Crown color change by trauma was associated with esthetic impairment. Also esthetic impairment had a negative impact on QoL (p<0.05) and was associated with oral limitations (p<0.05). Conclusions: Esthetic impairment had a negative impact on children's quality of life, while dental trauma was not associated to it.
- Subjects
PRESCHOOL children; COSMETIC dentistry; QUALITY of life; HEALTH
- Publication
Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2017, Vol 35, Issue 4, p448
- ISSN
0103-0582
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1984-0462/;2017;35;4;00011