Effect of tooth loss on social appearance anxiety and oral health-related quality of life among dental students

Authors : Sara SAMUR ERGÜVEN, Ulku Tugba KALYONCUOGLU

Pages : 165-170

Doi:10.30621/jbachs.962192

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Publication Date : 2021-09-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the level of social appearance anxiety and oral health-related quality of life among dental students with and without tooth loss. Methods: This case-control, single-center study was conducted on undergraduate dental students insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=205); from 1st to 4th year. The questionnaire that includes the following items: age, sex, number of missing teeth and location, Social Appearance Anxiety Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SAAS);, and Oral Health Impact Profile -14 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(OHIP-14); were distributed to students. Results: There was no statistically significant relation between the presence of tooth loss and distribution of SAAS scores insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p= 0.692);. However, there was a statistically significant relation between presence of tooth loss and number of missing teeth, and the OHIP-14 scores insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p = 0.002, p = 0.003);. Factors of gender and location of missing teeth were not found to be significantly associated with SAAS and OHIP-14 scores insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>0.05);. In addition, there was a positive and significant relationship between SAAS and OHIP-14 scores insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.001);. Conclusions: The present study showed that level of oral health-related quality of life was lower in dental students with tooth loss. On the other hand tooth loss has no significant association with social appearance anxiety in dental students.
Keywords : dental students, oral health related quality of life, oral health impact profile 14, social appearance anxiety, tooth loss