title: Evaluation of oral health-related quality-of-life in patients with generalized aggressive periodontitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to assess the association between the quality-of-life and clinical parameters in patients with generalized aggressive periodontitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The examination included assessing the number of missing teeth; the number of mobile teeth; and periodontal measures such as bleeding on probing (BoP), probing depth (PD), gingival recession (REC) and plaque index (PI). Patients were asked to rate the impact of their oral health on 16 key areas of oral health-related quality-of-life (OHQoL-UK(©)).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, most of the subjects' complaints were missing teeth (85%) and REC (75%), following by bleeding gums (62%), bad breath odor (58%), pain/sensitivity (53%) and mobility (53%). On the other hand all clinical parameters affected the OHQoL-UK(©) (p < 0.05) and the most affected parameters of QoL were missing teeth, BoP, mobility and REC (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of the current study showed that aggressive periodontitis has a deep impact on patients' oral health-related quality-of-life. When setting a treatment plan in aggressive periodontitis patients, clinicians must evaluate the patient perceptions and the effect of treatment options on a patient's entire life.
authors: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. aeltas@yahoo.com
authors: Abubekir
authors: A
authors: Eltas
authors: Mustafa Özay
authors: MÖ
authors: Uslu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult