Impact of malocclusion on oral health-related quality of life in Brazilian children with cleft lip and palate

Autor: Roosevelt da Silva Bastos, Cleide Felício de Carvalho Carrara, Simone Soares, Paula Karine Jorge, Ana Lúcia Pompéia Fraga de Almeida, Maria Aparecida de Andrade Moreira Machado, Luciana Lourenço Ribeiro Vitor, Maiara Miyuki Matsui Falzoni, Thais Marchini de Oliveira
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
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Popis: Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the impact of malocclusion on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in Brazilian children with non-syndromic oral clefts at tertiary craniofacial center. Material and methods: Sixty-nine children with non-syndromic oral clefts, aged between 8 and 10 years, were selected and divided into groups according to the cleft type: Group 1 – Children with complete unilateral cleft lip and alveolus; Group 2 – Children with unilateral cleft lip and palate; Group 3 – Children with cleft palate. Each child answered the Child Perceptions Questionnaire8-10 (CPQ 8-10) which is a multiple-choice questionnaire, with 29 questions on the impact of oral diseases on the OHRQoL. Then, a visual examination of dental occlusion was carried out. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used to determine statistical significant differences among groups (p
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