title: [Cosmetic dental treatment. Its impact on happiness and quality of life].
abstract: This study assessed the impact on happiness and quality of life of the cosmetic treatment of frontal teeth. This was compared with the impact of a restorative, not primarily cosmetic, treatment in the (pre)molar region on happiness and quality of life. The hypothesis that a cosmetic dental treatment makes a person happier or improves the quality of one's life was not supported by the results of the present study. In fact, oral health-related quality of life appeared to decline after the dental cosmetic treatment. Further research is needed to assess whether the results of the present study can be replicated in a larger sample and how the findings can be explained.
authors.affiliation: Uit de sectie Sociale Tandheelkunde, afdeling Conserverende en Preventieve Tandheelkunde, van het Academisch Centrum, Tandheelkunde Amsterdam. a.de.jongh@acta.nl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Jongh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: L H L
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Khoe
authors.forename: N El
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Asmi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004955:Esthetics, Dental / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult