title: Prevalence and oral health-related quality of life of self-reported orofacial conditions in Sweden.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To (i) determine the prevalences of self-report in a Swedish adult population, of temporomandibular disorders, burning mouth syndrome, dry mouth, and bad breath and (ii) determine oral health-related quality-of-life impairment in subjects reporting these conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional, randomized sample of the adult Swedish population (response rate: 46%, N = 1309 subjects) self-reported their condition from the preceding month to assess prevalences of self-report for the studied conditions together with comorbidity group of subjects who reported more than one condition. The 49-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) used to assess oral health-related quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most prevalent condition was bad breath (39%), followed by dry mouth (22%), temporomandibular disorders (18%) and burning mouth syndrome (4%). High comorbidity of conditions occurred in 27% of the population. Quality-of-life impairment increased with the number of comorbid conditions. Among individual conditions, burning mouth syndrome and temporomandibular disorders (57% and 40% OHIP points) presented higher impairment than dry mouth and bad breath (32% and 26% OHIP points).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Orofacial conditions were common and often coexist. The comorbidity group experienced the highest impact on oral health-related quality of life: the more the comorbid conditions, the greater the negative impact.
authors: Department of Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Faculty of Odontology, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden.|Department of Oral Basic Sciences, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia.|Scandinavian Centre for Orofacial Neurosciences, Malmö.
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authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0782-3515
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authors: Oghli
authors: Department of Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Faculty of Odontology, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden.|Scandinavian Centre for Orofacial Neurosciences, Malmö.|Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
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authors: Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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authors: Department of Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Faculty of Odontology, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden.|Scandinavian Centre for Orofacial Neurosciences, Malmö.|Centre of Oral Rehabilitation, Norrkoping, Sweden.
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authors: Larsson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002054:Burning Mouth Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006209:Halitosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: diseases; orofacial pain; pain; public health; quality of life