Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 88-95, June 2007

Child and Adolescent Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

  • Zoe Marshman

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Lecturer in Dental Public Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Zoe Marshman, BDS, MPH, MFDS, DDPH, University of Sheffield, Department of Oral Health and Development, School of Clinical Dentistry, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield S10 2TA, UK.
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  • Peter G. Robinson

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Dental Public Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

The quality-of-life data for children are less well developed than that for adults. Measurement difficulties arise because of a lack of a concept of quality of life in children and problems caused by developmental changes and the appropriateness of using a proxy. Over the past few years several measures designed specifically for assessing the impact of oral and orofacial conditions on the quality of life of children have been developed and evaluated. In future it is likely that the use of these measures will progress along with the use of qualitative approaches.

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PII: S1073-8746(07)00011-4

doi:10.1053/j.sodo.2007.03.004

Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 88-95, June 2007

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