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. 2024 Jan 24;13(3):665.
doi: 10.3390/jcm13030665.

Vertical Dentofacial Skeletal Divergency Is Not Linked with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

Dinis Pereira  1   2 , Vanessa Machado  2 , João Botelho  2 , Carolina Lemos  3   4   5 , José João Mendes  2 , Ana Sintra Delgado  1   2
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Vertical Dentofacial Skeletal Divergency Is Not Linked with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

Dinis Pereira et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

The aim of this study is to assess how vertical skeletal malocclusion affects oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among a sample of individuals comprising adolescents, young adults, and adults seeking orthodontic treatment. From January 2019 to March 2020, participants were consecutively enrolled. The assessment of OHRQoL involved measurement using the oral health impact profile (OHIP-14). Lateral cephalograms were performed to measure the vertical skeletal divergency with four cephalometric measurements. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were performed. The Mann-Whitney test was applied to compare OHRQoL scores according to the vertical dimension category. The mean age of the participants ranged between 30.3 ± 14.9 and 29.9 ± 14.4 and there was a majority of female participants, between 64.1% and 65.9%. There were no statistically significant differences observed between hyperdivergent and normodivergent groups in either the total score or any domain of the OHIP-14 questionnaire. Individuals with hyperdivergent facial morphology did not show a reduced OHRQoL compared with a normodivergent facial type.

Keywords: dentofacial skeletal divergency; malocclusion; oral health-related quality of life; orthodontic treatment.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Cephalometric tracing. Lines are constructed to join the landmarks for analysis of angular relationships.
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Flow of participants.
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