Malocclusion and quality of life in Brazilian preschoolers

This study involved 732 preschoolers. Parents/caregivers filled out the Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (B?ECOHIS) and a questionnaire addressing sociodemographic data. Overbite, overjet, and crossbite were recorded during the clinical examination. Bivariate and multiple Poisson regression analyses were performed and prevalence ratio (PR) were calculated (? = 5%). The prevalence of negative impact from malocclusion on OHRQoL was 27.6% among the children and 22.3% among the families. Mother’s schooling (PR = 1.37; 95% CI: 1.10–1.70), parent’s/caregiver’s assessment of child’s oral health (PR = 2.07; 95% CI: 1.60–2.58), history of toothache (PR = 3.84; 95% CI: 2.34–6.30), and visits to the dentist (PR = 0.59; 95% CI: 0.37–0.94) remained …
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