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Author: Inglehart, Marita Rohr and Bagramian, Robert A.
Title: Oral Health–Related Quality of Life
Helping patients achieve an optimal quality of life through patient-centered treatment planning should be the ultimate goal of all oral health care providers. However, this issue extends beyond the realm of the individual clinician’s office. This text presents quality-of-life research from various fields, including psychology, public health, and general health care; discusses how a patient-centered approach can be applied to basic oral and craniofacial research, clinical dental practice, community dental health issues, and dental education; and addresses how oral health–related quality of life relates to treating and understanding different patient populations, such as children with special needs, medically compromised patients, patients with oral cancer, and patients with chronic facial pain. Also discussed is how factors such as race/ethnicity, gender, and age can affect oral health–related quality-of-life concerns and treatment strategies. Finally, the book offers an outlook on the role that oral health–related quality of life will play in future research and dental education.
ISBN: 0-86715-421-7
978-0-86715-421-4 , 9780867154214
224 pp (softcover); 49 illus
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
1 Oral Health–Related Quality of Life: An Introduction/Marita Rohr Inglehart and Robert A. Bagramian
2 Quality of Life and Basic Research in the Oral Health Sciences/Martha J. Somerman
3 Understanding the “Quality” in Quality Care and Quality of Life/Kathryn A. Atchison
4 Assessment of Oral Health–Related Quality of Life/Gary D. Slade
5 Health-Related Quality of Life: Conceptual Issues and Research Applications/Bernadine Cimprich and Amber G. Paterson
6 Quality of Life As a Psychologist Views It/Christopher Peterson
7 Tooth Loss, Dental Caries, and Quality of Life: A Public Health Perspective/Stephen A. Eklund and Brian A. Burt
8 Oral Health and Quality of Life in Children/Marita Rohr Inglehart, Sara L. Filstrup, and Angela Wandera
9 Oral Health–Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs/Marcio A. da Fonseca
10 Oral Health–Related Quality of Life and Older Adults/David P. Sarment and Toni C. Antonucci
11 Oral Health–Related Quality of Life: Does Gender Matter?/Marita Rohr Inglehart, Susan F. Silverton, and Jeanne C. Sinkford
12 Effects of Race and Ethnicity on Oral Health–Related Quality of Life/George W. Taylor, Linda V. Nyquist, Wenche S. Borgnakke, and Marilyn W. Woolfolk
13 Impact of Medical Conditions on Oral Health and Quality of Life/Guido Heydecke and John P. Gobetti
14 Oral Health–Related Quality of Life in Patients with Oral Cancer/Jonathan A. Ship
15 Quality of Life and Pain: Methodology in Theory and Practice/Charles J. Kowalski and Christian S. Stohler
16 Using Oral Health–Related Quality of Life to Refocus Dental Education/Marita Rohr Inglehart, Lisa A. Tedesco, and Richard W. Valachovic
17 Research on Oral Health–Related Quality of Life: Current Status and Future Directions/Patricia S. Bryant and Dushanka V. Kleinman
Index
Preface
Improved quality of life has been the driving force behind dental care since the first person sought relief from oral pain, resolution of biting- or chewing-related problems, or improvement in oral esthetics. Most patients still seek dental treatment for these basic reasons, all of which stem from a desire for good oral health–related quality of life: to be free of pain, to be able to eat and speak without impediment, and to have a nice smile. In the same way, the work of most dental researchers began as a response to patients’ quality-of-life concerns. Understanding what causes dental pain and how it can be optimally treated, which materials are most effective for treatment, and how problems in the oral cavity can affect the entire body are quality-of-life issues that have been at the heart of dental research since its beginning.
The implicit centrality of quality-of-life concerns to the field of dentistry is rarely explicitly acknowledged. When dental clinicians, researchers, and educators overlook the person while concentrating solely on the oral cavity itself, the ultimate result is unsatisfied patients. Clinicians and researchers must not look only at patients’ oral cavities. They must consider the patient as a person and how treatment decisions will affect overall health and quality of life.
This book grew out of a multidisciplinary workshop on oral health–related quality of life that took place in May 2000 at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor. Funded by the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), this week-long workshop provided an excellent opportunity to explore the role of oral health–related quality of life in research and clinical practice. More than 80 participants from as far away as Brazil and Great Britain, as well as 22 expert presenters from the University of Michigan, UCLA, and the University of North Carolina, collaborated in this workshop. The multidisciplinary perspective of the workshop is clearly reflected throughout the chapters in this book. Quality-of-life research is presented from various fields, including psychology, public health, and general health care. Such background considerations are supplemented by specific discussions of how a patient-centered approach can be applied to basic oral and craniofacial research, clinical dental practice, community dental health issues, and dental education. The book also addresses how oral health–related quality of life relates to treating and understanding different patient populations, such as children with special needs, medically compromised patients, patients with oral cancer, and patients with chronic facial pain. Also discussed are how factors such as race/ethnicity, gender, and age can affect oral health–related quality-of-life concerns and treatment strategies. Finally, the book offers an outlook on the role that oral health–related quality of life will play in future research and dental education.
It is our hope that this book, the first to be published on this topic, will provide all researchers, clinicians, and educators in the dental field with a basic understanding of the significance of oral health–related quality-of-life issues and will inspire and challenge them to embrace this concept in their professional lives.
Marita Rohr Inglehart, Dr phil habil
Associate Professor
Department of Periodontics, Prevention, and Geriatrics
School of Dentistry
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Robert A. Bagramian, DDS, DrPH
Professor
Department of Periodontics, Prevention, and Geriatrics
School of Dentistry
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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