Malocclusion vs No malocclusion: Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL)
- Population
- Adolescents (10-19 years)
- Intervention
- Malocclusion
- Comparison
- No malocclusion
- Outcome
- Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL)
Malocclusions probably have a negative effect on OHRQoL in adolescents, after adjustment for confounders (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Malocclusion vs No malocclusion Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), impaired (qualitative synthesis) · Adolescents aged 10-19 years · Schools and dental clinics (multiple countries) Malocclusions probably have a negative effect on OHRQoL in adolescents, after adjustment for confounders (moderate certainty). Malocclusions and quality of life among adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2023) All outcomes | Impaired OHRQoL, qualitative synthesis: relative effect not estimable across the 13 studies (13,864 participants); moderate quality of evidence (GRADE). | 13 studies · 13864 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malocclusions and quality of life among adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2023 All outcomes | 15 June 2022 (complementary Google Scholar search 26 January 2023) | 14 | Not applicable |
Related questions
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Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Relationships of Dental Caries and Malocclusion with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Lithuanian Adolescents Aged 15 to 18 Years: A… · 2020 · included by 1 of these review
- Oral clinical status and oral health-related quality of life: is socioeconomic position a mediator or a moderator? · 2019 · included by 1 of these review
- The factors that influence the oral health-related quality of life in 12-year-old children: baseline study of a longitudinal research. · 2017 · included by 1 of these review
- Factors influencing adolescents' oral health‐related quality of life (<scp>OHRQ</scp>o<scp>L</scp>) · 2012 · included by 1 of these review
- Comparison of the discriminative ability of the generic and condition‐specific forms of the Child‐OIDP index: a study on children with… · 2009 · included by 1 of these review
- Cerebral blood flow velocity in healthy term infants. · 1991 · included by 1 of these review
- Dimberg 2016 · included by 1 of these review
- Dalla Nora 2022 · included by 1 of these review
- Roque 2021 · included by 1 of these review
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