ArticleJournal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry
The Effect of Dental Fluorosis on the Quality of Life of Female High School and Precollege Students of High Fluoride-Concentrated Area.
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- Minimally Invasive Direct Approach for Severe Dental Fluorosis: Balancing Aesthetics and Quality of Life.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- FLUORIDE CONTENT OF COMMERCIALLY PACKAGED SACHET WATER IN IBARAPA LAND, SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA.Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine · 2023Article
- Oral health-related quality of life in erosive/ulcerative oral lichen planus patients.Dental research journal · 2022Article
- Dental fluorosis among people and livestock living on Gihaya Island in Lake Kivu, Rwanda.One health outlook · 2021Article
- Factors associated with dental fluorosis in three zones of Ecuador.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2019Article
- Can oral health-related quality of life be worsened by dental appointments?Dental research journalArticle
- Height and dental caries among 13-year-old adolescents in India: A sociobehavioral life course approach.Dental research journalArticle
- Children's perception of other children with dental fluorosis - A cross-sectional study.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchArticle
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Abstract
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objectivesColored and deformed fluorotic teeth may affect the quality of life (QOL). The present study, therefore, evaluates the effect of dental fluorosis on the QOL of female high school and precollege students of Behbahan district in 2014. MATERIALS AND
methodsOne hundred 15-18-year-old female students with dental fluorosis were selected from the high schools of Behbahan district by random cluster sampling technique. Dental fluorosis was measured clinically using Dean's index after analyzing the drinking water of the affected district. The effect of dental fluorosis on the QOL was then evaluated through a questionnaire. The data from Dean's index, condition-specific oral impact on daily performance (CS-OIDP) questionnaire, and the mean score of QOL questionnaire were analyzed in SPSS version 20 using Pearson's and Spearman's correlation analyses (α = 0.05).
resultsThe mean values of age and the QOL regarding appearance were 16.5 years and 61.5 ± 20.8 from 100, respectively. Spearman's correlation showed a positive correlation between CS-OIDP total score and the severity of fluorosis (
conclusionsIncreasing the severity of fluorosis is associated with increasing the dissatisfaction and decreasing the QOL.
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