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      Oral Health and Quality of Life: Current Concepts

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          The recognition of health related quality of life began ever since WHO expanded the definition of health in 1948. This has resulted in the paradigm shift of health and disease from a medical model to a biopsychosocial model. Oral health too denotes not merely the absence of disease but the general well being so that the person can perform functions like eating, talking and smiling and also can contribute creatively to the society. Health related quality of life is a trade-off between how long and how well people live. To explain the concept various theoretical models have been proposed, of which the conceptual model of Wilson and Cleary 1995 is a comprehensive one. Even after much research and thousands of publications the definition of oral health related quality of life is still vague. But the patient’s self perception about his oral health and related life quality are significant in clinical dental practice, dental education and research. It is widely shown that oral conditions can have varied impacts on daily living. To assess this, many measures or scales are available. They differ depending on the response format, number of items, context of use and the population in which it is applied. Patient reported outcome assessment is a less developed area in clinical dentistry and research and in future it has the potential to become the primary or secondary outcome measure in clinical interventional research.

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          Journal
          J Clin Diagn Res
          J Clin Diagn Res
          Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
          JCDR
          Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research : JCDR
          JCDR Research and Publications (P) Limited (Delhi, India )
          2249-782X
          0973-709X
          June 2017
          01 June 2017
          : 11
          : 6
          : ZE21-ZE26
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics, Government Dental College , Kottayam, Kerala, India.
          [2 ] Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College , Kottayam, Kerala, India.
          [3 ] Principal, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, PMS College of Dental Sciences , Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
          [4 ] Project Officer, Department of Health Poicy and Planning studies, Kerala University of Health Sciences , Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
          Author notes
          NAME, ADDRESS, E-MAIL ID OF THE CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Dr. RM Baiju, Lake avenue Sasthamcotta, Kollam, Kerala-690521, India. E-mail: baijurm@ 123456gmail.com
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          PMC5535498 PMC5535498 5535498
          10.7860/JCDR/2017/25866.10110
          5535498
          28764312
          b8a9d705-235f-49e6-8618-002b3cd1a2e8
          © 2017 Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
          History
          : 06 December 2016
          : 07 February 2017
          : 11 April 2017
          Categories
          Dentistry Section
          Review Article

          Conceptual model,Oral health related quality of life,Questionnaires,Satisfaction,Survey

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