ArticlePatient preference and adherence2021
Sustainability of Improvement in Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Children After Dental Treatment.
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- Factors influencing parental acceptance of preventive dental treatments and its impact on children's oral health-related quality of life: an observational study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Observational
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- Changes in oral health-related quality of life before and after dental treatment in 8-12-year-old Costa Rican schoolchildren.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeDental treatment has been associated with improvement in the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children. There is little evidence of whether the effect of treatment is sustainable over time or not. The aim of this study was to determine whether the effect of dental treatment on OHRQoL is maintained or diminishes over time. MATERIALS AND
methodsA consecutive sample of parents of 47 children between 2 and 6 years who received comprehensive dental treatment at a postgraduate dental clinic were recruited. Parents completed the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) prior to treatment and at 1 and 4 months after treatment. Parents were also asked three global questions. Score changes (overall and for each section) between time points were analyzed by a repeated-measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni tests.
resultsThe children's mean age was 4.7 ± 1.1, and 60% were females. ECOHIS scores were significantly improved from baseline (22.2 ± 6.9) to 1 month after treatment (8.7 ± 6.8) and were further improved at 4 months after treatment (1.9 ± 2.7),
conclusionThe impact of dental treatment on OHRQoL continued to remarkably improve during the 4 months following dental treatment.
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