Open AccessCorrelation of perceived self-rated oral health status with various dental health and awareness factors
Author(s) -
Sunil Babu Kotha,
Maham Chaudhary,
Shayma Abdulaziz Terkawi,
Maram Ahmed,
Shroog Naji Ghabban,
Rohit Ashok Antony Fernandez
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_304_17
Subject(s) - medicine , oral health , quality of life (healthcare) , health literacy , scale (ratio) , neglect , clinical psychology , family medicine , health care , psychiatry , nursing , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , economic growth
Self-rated oral health is the key element that has a greater effect on quality of life and found to be authentic and logical to consider this as an indicator for overall oral health status. The aim was to investigate and identify the impact of various social and clinical factors on the perceived self-rated oral health status (PSR-OHS).