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Volume 21 , Issue 1
January/February 2008
Pages 72–74

Short Communication: The Relationship Between Missing Occlusal Units and Oral Health–Related Quality of Life in Patients with Shortened Dental Arches

Kazuyoshi Baba, DDS, PhD/Yoshimasa Igarashi, DDS, PhD/Akira Nishiyama, DDS, PhD/Mike T. John, DDS, PhD/Yasumasa Akagawa, DDS, PhD/Kazunori Ikebe, DDS, PhD/Tomohiko Ishigami, DDS, PhD/Hiroshi Kobayashi, DDS, PhD/Shuichiro Yamashita, DDS, PhD

PMID: 18350952

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between missing occlusal units and oral health–related quality of life (OHRQoL) in subjects with shortened dental arches (SDAs). Subjects with SDAs (N = 115) were recruited consecutively from 6 university-based prosthodontic clinics. OHRQoL was measured using the Japanese version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-J). An increase of 1 missing occlusal unit was associated with an increase of 2.1 OHIP-J units (95% CI: 0.6–3.5, P = .02) in a linear regression analysis. Missing occlusal units are related to OHRQoL impairment in subjects with SDAs. Int J Prosthodont 2008;21:72–74.

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