Open AccessOral health-related quality of life among male subjects with oral submucous fibrosis in a tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
Ashok Kumar Jena,
Subhalaxmi Rautray,
Mounabati Mohapatra,
Sombir Singh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_179_17
Subject(s) - oral submucous fibrosis , medicine , oral health , quality of life (healthcare) , tertiary care , dentistry , nursing
Oral submucous fibrosis is very common in Asia. It has many deleterious effects on individual's oral functions. Thus, there is a need to assess the effect of oral submucous fibrosis on quality of life.