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avje otrok in mladostnikov | health of children and adolescents 114 with one or more limitations decreased with higher levels of parental
education (35.7% with primary education, 18.7% with a university degree).
Discussion and conclusions: More than three quarters of children and
adolescents did not experience limitations in their daily lives due to
problems with the oral cavity and/or teeth. In the youngest age group,
the problems were probably related to changing teeth and still present
deciduous teeth. In the oldest age group problems with teeth and the oral
cavity accumulate, and at the same time, they were probably linked to
psychological changes related to growing up. Children and adolescents
of parents with a high level of education had a better OHRQoL than
children and adolescents of parents with a lower level of education. Oral
health care was higher among the more educated individuals, which
was reflected in the oral health of children and also had an impact on
OHRQoL. Dental public health programs and interventions should be
upgraded to incorporate activities of oral health promotion for those
groups of children and adolescents.
Keywords: children and adolescents, oral health-related quality of life
(OHRQoL), parental education
Introduction
Modern, evidence-based references consider oral health to be an integral part
of overall health. Teeth, with their chewing, phonation and aesthetic functions,
contribute significantly to a better quality of life and to social interactions, and
their functional impairment affects general health (WHO, 2003; Ranfl et al.,
2017; Baiju et al., 2017; Sischo et al., 2011). As such, oral health is not only the
absence of disease in the oral cavity, but also enables individuals to engage in
everyday activities and thus participate in interpersonal relationships (Baiju et
al., 2017).
Various oral health conditions represent a major public health problem
due to the burden of their frequency and the social, economic and psycholog-
ical consequences at both individual and societal levels (Baiju et al., 2017; Jo-
hansson and Osterberg, 2015). These conditions cause pain and limitations in
everyday tasks such as chewing, speaking, laughing, and thus reduce the indi-
vidual’s quality of life (Paredes-Rodriguez et al., 2016).
In 1988, Locker introduced the oral health-related quality of life
(OHRQoL) model, which led to the inclusion of the patient’s perspective in
treatment (Locker, 1988). This is important because the biomedical view of
health has been upgraded to a biopsychosocial model also in the field of oral
health. OHRQoL is a concept that can be used to assess the impact of oral
health on an individual’s daily life, i.e. self-image, social interactions, school
and work performance, and more (Sischo et al., 2011; Gherunpong et al., 2006).
Assessment of OHRQoL varies over the course of an individual’s life and is as-
sociated with different factors: functioning (chewing, speech), pain and dis-
comfort (acute pain, chronic pain), psychological factors (contentment with
education (35.7% with primary education, 18.7% with a university degree).
Discussion and conclusions: More than three quarters of children and
adolescents did not experience limitations in their daily lives due to
problems with the oral cavity and/or teeth. In the youngest age group,
the problems were probably related to changing teeth and still present
deciduous teeth. In the oldest age group problems with teeth and the oral
cavity accumulate, and at the same time, they were probably linked to
psychological changes related to growing up. Children and adolescents
of parents with a high level of education had a better OHRQoL than
children and adolescents of parents with a lower level of education. Oral
health care was higher among the more educated individuals, which
was reflected in the oral health of children and also had an impact on
OHRQoL. Dental public health programs and interventions should be
upgraded to incorporate activities of oral health promotion for those
groups of children and adolescents.
Keywords: children and adolescents, oral health-related quality of life
(OHRQoL), parental education
Introduction
Modern, evidence-based references consider oral health to be an integral part
of overall health. Teeth, with their chewing, phonation and aesthetic functions,
contribute significantly to a better quality of life and to social interactions, and
their functional impairment affects general health (WHO, 2003; Ranfl et al.,
2017; Baiju et al., 2017; Sischo et al., 2011). As such, oral health is not only the
absence of disease in the oral cavity, but also enables individuals to engage in
everyday activities and thus participate in interpersonal relationships (Baiju et
al., 2017).
Various oral health conditions represent a major public health problem
due to the burden of their frequency and the social, economic and psycholog-
ical consequences at both individual and societal levels (Baiju et al., 2017; Jo-
hansson and Osterberg, 2015). These conditions cause pain and limitations in
everyday tasks such as chewing, speaking, laughing, and thus reduce the indi-
vidual’s quality of life (Paredes-Rodriguez et al., 2016).
In 1988, Locker introduced the oral health-related quality of life
(OHRQoL) model, which led to the inclusion of the patient’s perspective in
treatment (Locker, 1988). This is important because the biomedical view of
health has been upgraded to a biopsychosocial model also in the field of oral
health. OHRQoL is a concept that can be used to assess the impact of oral
health on an individual’s daily life, i.e. self-image, social interactions, school
and work performance, and more (Sischo et al., 2011; Gherunpong et al., 2006).
Assessment of OHRQoL varies over the course of an individual’s life and is as-
sociated with different factors: functioning (chewing, speech), pain and dis-
comfort (acute pain, chronic pain), psychological factors (contentment with
