Effect of tooth loss on social appearance anxiety and oral health-related quality of life among dental students

Year 2021, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 165 - 170, 20.09.2021

Sara Samur Ergüven , Ulku Tugba Kalyoncuoglu

https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.962192

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the level of social appearance anxiety and oral health-related quality of life among dental students with and without tooth loss.
Methods: This case-control, single-center study was conducted on undergraduate dental students (n=205) from 1st to 4th year. The questionnaire that includes the following items: age, sex, number of missing teeth and location, Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS), and Oral Health Impact Profile -14 (OHIP-14) were distributed to students.
Results: There was no statistically significant relation between the presence of tooth loss and distribution of SAAS scores (p= 0.692). However, there was a statistically significant relation between presence of tooth loss and number of missing teeth, and the OHIP-14 scores (p = 0.002, p = 0.003). Factors of gender and location of missing teeth were not found to be significantly associated with SAAS and OHIP-14 scores (p>0.05). In addition, there was a positive and significant relationship between SAAS and OHIP-14 scores (p<0.001).
Conclusions: The present study showed that level of oral health-related quality of life was lower in dental students with tooth loss. On the other hand tooth loss has no significant association with social appearance anxiety in dental students.

Keywords

dental students, oral health-related quality of life, oral health impact profile-14, social appearance anxiety, tooth loss

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