Department of Public Health Dentistry, Panineeya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Road No 5, Kamala Nagar, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500060, India.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Panineeya Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2020 Jun 8;33(3):195-200. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2018-0297.
Aesthetic alterations in the face can be self-perceived and can affect quality of life in young adults.
To assess the impact of malocclusion on self- perceived oro-facial behaviour among young adults.
A Cross sectional study was conducted among 638 young adults (aged 18-21 years) of Hyderabad city. One college from each of the five zones of the Hyderabad city (five colleges) were selected by simple random sampling procedure. A 21-item Oro-facial investment scale (OFIS) questionnaire assessing self-perceived oral health knowledge, attitude, practice and Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) assessing the severity of malocclusion was used. Data were analysed with standard statistical software (SPSS, Statistical package for the social sciences, version 20.0). p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Males had higher mean scores for knowledge (2.90 ± 0.49) than females (2.73 ± 0.82) and was statistically significant (p = 0.002). No statistically significant gender differences were found in relation to attitude and practice. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that there was a significant difference in all the three scores (knowledge, attitude, practice) with respect to age, with significantly high score for knowledge and practice among 18 year old subjects (p = 0.0001; p = 0.0003 respectively) and attitude among 21 year old subjects (p = 0.0049). No statistically significant age, gender differences were found in relation to DAI scores. Upon correlation, DAI significantly and positively correlated with knowledge (p = 0.03) and attitude (p = 0.0001).
This study has shown significant impact of malocclusion on the self-perceived oro-facial behaviour.
面部的审美改变可能是自我感知的，并会影响年轻人的生活质量。
评估错颌畸形对年轻人自我感知的口腔行为的影响。
在海得拉巴市进行了一项横断面研究，研究对象为 638 名年龄在 18-21 岁的年轻人。采用简单随机抽样法，从海得拉巴市的五个区（五个学院）中各选一所学院。使用了一个 21 项口腔投资量表（OFIS）问卷来评估自我感知的口腔健康知识、态度、实践和牙颌面美学指数（DAI）来评估错颌畸形的严重程度。使用标准统计软件（SPSS，社会科学统计软件包，版本 20.0）对数据进行分析。p<0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
男性的知识得分（2.90±0.49）高于女性（2.73±0.82），且具有统计学意义（p=0.002）。在态度和实践方面，性别之间没有统计学上的显著差异。方差分析（ANOVA）显示，在知识、态度和实践三个方面，年龄存在显著差异，18 岁的受试者在知识和实践方面的得分明显较高（p=0.0001；p=0.0003），21 岁的受试者在态度方面的得分较高（p=0.0049）。在 DAI 评分方面，年龄、性别之间没有统计学上的显著差异。相关性分析显示，DAI 与知识（p=0.03）和态度（p=0.0001）呈显著正相关。
本研究表明错颌畸形对自我感知的口腔行为有显著影响。
