Open AccessImpact of Dental Disorders and its Influence on Self Esteem Levels among Adolescents
Author(s) -
Puneet Kaur,
Sehijpal Singh,
Anmol Mathur,
Diljot Kaur Makkar,
Vikram Pal Aggarwal,
Manu Batra,
Anshika Sharma,
Nikita Goyal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/23362.9515
Subject(s) - self esteem , logistic regression , tooth loss , psychosocial , masticatory force , dentistry , medicine , affect (linguistics) , clinical psychology , descriptive statistics , orthodontics , psychology , oral health , psychiatry , mathematics , statistics , communication
Self esteem is more of a psychological concept therefore, even the common dental disorders like dental trauma, tooth loss and untreated carious lesions may affect the self esteem thus influencing the quality of life.