Abstract

DIAZ, Shyrley et al. Parental perceptions of impact of oral disorders on Colombian schoolchildren's oral health-related quality of life. Acta odontol. latinoam. [online]. 2018, vol.31, n.2, pp.82-90. ISSN 1852-4834.

There is no study assessing the impact of dental caries (DC), dental fluorosis (DF) and traumatic dental injuries (TDI) on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in school children from Colombia. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of DC, DF and TDI on Colombian schoolchildren's OHRQoL using their parents as proxies. The parents of338 children aged 6 to 14 years from public and private schools of Cartagena, Colombia answered the Parental-Caregiver Perception Questionnaire (P-CPQ) on child's OHRQoL adapted to Colombian Spanish language and a socioeconomic questionnaire. Three calibrated examiners performed the clinical assessment for DC, DF and TDI. Poisson regression associated clinical and socioeconomic conditions to the outcome. Overall, 90.24% of parents reported children's oral impact (total P-CPQ score ≥ 1). The mean (standard deviation) P-CPQ scores were 12.49 (14.04). The multivariate adjusted model showed that children from public schools and who have dental caries experience (RR= 1.28; p=0.04 andRR= 1.37;p= 0.018, respectively) were more likely to experience negative impact on total P-CPQ scores. DC was found to be associated to parental-caregiver perception of impact on their children's oral health-related quality of life, but DF and TDI were not.

Keywords : Dental caries; Dental fluorosis; Tooth injuries; Quality of life; Child.

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