Open AccessOral health–related quality of life in children and adolescents of Indian population
Author(s) -
Neeta Sinha,
Daya Shankar,
Vikas Vaibhav,
Tarun Vyas,
Akhilesh Kumar Singh,
Anuj Singh Parihar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_113_20
Subject(s) - oral health , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , population , dentistry , environmental health , nursing
Kids and teenagers are more prone to oral diseases. Poor oral health has a significant impact on oral well-being-associated quality of life. Thus, we performed an investigation to examine the outcome of oral health status on the quality of life of children and adolescents in Indian population, by using the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14).