ArticleCommunity dentistry and oral epidemiology2025
The Association Between Periodontal Status, Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and Self-Rated Oral Health in Socially Underprivileged Adolescents.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Dental Biofilm-Induced Gingivitis in Children and Adolescents Without Known Systemic Involvement: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2026Pooled it
- Clinical Efficacy of Interventions Based on Professional Mechanical Plaque Removal in the Treatment of Dental Biofilm-Induced Gingivitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to improve adolescents' sense of coherence and social support on quality of life and gingivitis: a cluster-randomised clinical trial.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Assessment of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Leukemia and Gingival Inflammation.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Article
- Impact of oral health problems on daily activities and quality of life of adolescents in Brazil.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Prevalence of negative self-assessment of oral health and associated factors among adolescents from southeastern Brazil in the 2003 and 2023 Brazil Oral Health surveys.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Periodontal health status and influencing factors among 12- and 15-year-old adolescents: evidence from a cross-sectional study in Guizhou province, China (2019-2020).BMC oral health · 2025Article
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objectivesTo assess the associations between periodontal conditions, dental caries, sex, psychosocial factors, socioeconomic status, oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), and self-rated oral health among adolescents living in socially deprived neighbourhoods.
methodsA school-based survey was conducted in a random sample of 406 12-year-old adolescents in 11 neighbourhoods in the East region of Manaus, Brazil. Gingival status, dental calculus (Community Periodontal Index), and dental caries (DMFT index) were registered through clinical examinations. Adolescents self-completed questionnaires to assess psychosocial factors (self-esteem, sense of coherence, and oral health beliefs), socioeconomic status (family income, parent's schooling, number of goods, and house crowding), oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) (CPQ
resultsGreater gingival bleeding was directly associated with worse self-rated oral health. Poor OHRQoL was directly linked to the number of teeth with dental calculus, more teeth with dental caries experience, and worse psychosocial factors. Worse socioeconomic status and dental calculus were associated with gingival bleeding. Dental calculus and socioeconomic status were indirectly associated with self-rated oral health via gingival status. OHRQoL mediated the association of dental caries experience and psychosocial factors with self-rated oral health.
conclusionsGingival bleeding and dental calculus may negatively affect self-reported oral health in adolescents. Socioeconomic status and psychosocial factors were also relevant determinants for oral health in this age group.
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