Abstract

Oral health-related quality of life in prosthodontics

Mike T. John
How patients perceive their oral health status is an important outcome in prosthodontics. Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) characterizes patients' perception of oral health. Therefore, it should be able to measure patients' perceived benefits of prosthodontic treatment.

The Oral Health Impact Profile is one of the most technically sophisticated and widely used instruments to measure OHRQoL. A German version was developed and normative values are are available for the German OHIP-G summary score allowing to compare the level of impaired OHRQoL in an individual patient or in a group of patients with the level of impaired OHRQoL in the general population. In prosthodontic patient populations oral health-related quality of life changes substantially comparing pretreatment scores with 1 and 6/12 months follow-up. Oral health-related quality of life in prosthodontics

How patients perceive their oral health status is an important outcome in prosthodontics. Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) characterizes patients' perception of oral health. Therefore, it should be able to measure patients' perceived benefits of prosthodontic treatment.

The Oral Health Impact Profile is one of the most technically sophisticated and widely used instruments to measure OHRQoL. A German version was developed and normative values are are available for the German OHIP-G summary score allowing to compare the level of impaired OHRQoL in an individual patient or in a group of patients with the level of impaired OHRQoL in the general population. In prosthodontic patient populations oral health-related quality of life changes substantially comparing pretreatment scores with 1 and 6/12 months follow-up.