title: An Assessment of the Quality of Life of Patients With Class III Deformities Treated With Orthognathic Surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate quality of life (QoL) from a broad perspective by a comparison of Turkish patients undergoing orthognathic surgery to correct Angle Class III skeletal deformity with a control group composed of participants without dentofacial deformity using general health, generic oral health, and condition-specific QoL approaches.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty patients who underwent orthognathic surgery to correct Class III relations (monomaxillary and bimaxillary groups) and 30 participants with Class I skeletal structure and good dentofacial harmony (control group) were evaluated. Condition-specific QoL through a 22-item Orthognathic Quality of Life Questionnaire (OQLQ), generic oral health-related QoL through a 14-item Short-Form Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14), and generic health-related QoL through a 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When the groups were compared, OQLQ scores showed a significant difference in the oral function domain only in the bimaxillary group (P < .05), and OHIP-14 scores showed significant differences in half the OHIP-14 subscale scores in the monomaxillary and bimaxillary groups (P < .05). The SF-36 scores showed significant differences only for the vitality domain in the monomaxillary group and the vitality and mental health domains in the bimaxillary group (P < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For condition-specific and health-related QoL, the QoL of orthognathic surgical patients appeared to be similar to that of participants without dentofacial deformities. Oral health-related QoL of orthognathic surgical patients seemed moderately similar to that of participants without dentofacial deformities. The combined use of these methods is helpful for evaluating QoL from a larger perspective.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. Electronic address: adnankilin@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kilinc
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ertas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D063172:Genioplasty / Q000523:psychology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008603:Mental Health; D009909:Oral Health; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult