title: Correlation between oral health and Child-OIDP index in 12- and 15-year-old children from Modinagar, India.
abstract: To investigate the relationship between oral health measures and oral health-related quality of life using the Child-Oral Impact on Daily Performance index among school children of Modinagar. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted on 900 school children aged 12 and 15 years in Modinagar, India. Children were interviewed about sociodental impacts on quality of life and examined for their normative treatment need for dental caries, traumatic dental injuries, and dentofacial anomalies. Frequency distributions for bivariate analysis and logistic regression for multivariate analysis were used for statistical analysis. Prevalence of oral impacts was high (60%), with a mean score of 2.49 ± 3.92. A significant association (P ≤ .05) was observed in oral impacts on daily performances with age, presence of dental caries, traumatic injuries, and dentofacial anomalies score. A strong association between clinical dental indicators and oral impacts in children showed eating followed by cleaning of teeth and smiling as the most commonly affected daily performances.
authors.affiliation: DJ College of Dental Sciences and Research, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India docdental@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Patthi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Basavaraj
authors.affiliation: Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sunil
authors.affiliation: Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nagarajappa
authors.affiliation: DJ College of Dental Sciences and Research, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Singla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ashish
authors.affiliation: Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Gayathri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramesh
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology; D063169:Dentofacial Deformities / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D015995:Prevalence; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Child-Oral Impact on Daily Performance; dental caries; dentofacial anomalies; oral health–related quality of life; tooth injuries