Oral Health–Related Quality of Life and Missing Teeth in an Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study from Poland

Ewa Rodakowska, Jacek Jamiolkowski, Joanna Baginska, Inga Kaminska, Katarzyna Gabiec, Zofia Stachurska, Marcin Kondraciuk, Marlena Dubatowka and Karol Adam Kaminski
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Ewa Rodakowska: Department of Clinical Dentistry-Cariology, University of Bergen, 5009 Bergen, Norway
Jacek Jamiolkowski: Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland
Joanna Baginska: Department of Dentistry Propaedeutics, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-295 Bialystok, Poland
Inga Kaminska: Department of Integrated Dentistry, Medical University of Bialystok,15-276 Bialystok, Poland
Katarzyna Gabiec: Private Dental Clinic ’Lux-Dent’ Stomatologia, 15-668 Bialystok, Poland
Zofia Stachurska: Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland
Marcin Kondraciuk: Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland
Marlena Dubatowka: Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland
Karol Adam Kaminski: Department of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: The aim of the study was to determine oral health–related quality of life (OHRQoL) using the measures Geriatric/General Oral Health Assessment (GOHAI) and Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) in relation to missing teeth in the Polish population aged 20–79. This was a cross-sectional study carried out among 1112 randomly selected participants. The mean age was 48.72 and mean number of teeth was 20.12. Altogether, in the GOHAI, the percentage that gave a positive response to each question ranged from 3.3% to 48.0%; in the OHIP-14, these answers ranged from 2.4% to 25.1%. The GOHAI measure was statistically significant, with more grouping variables than the OHIP-14 measure. Both measures showed significant associations with gender, age, dry mouth, education, professional status, number of teeth, and upper and lower total dentures. We detected a significant relationship between oral health–related quality of life and the factors influencing the presence or absence of dentition. Missing teeth were statistically associated with GOHAI, OHIP-14, advanced age, self-reported dry mouth, lower education, higher Body Mass Index (BMI), lower professional status, diabetes, myocardial infraction, and total dentures in upper or/and lower jaws. However, edentulous individuals had two times higher risk of having an OHIP-14 score above the median. This suggests that oral health practitioners should work to prevent oral diseases that lead to tooth loss in their patients, starting from an early age.

Keywords: missing teeth; tooth loss; populational study; oral health; oral health related quality of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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