R M Baiju|Peter Elbe|N O Varghese|Remadevi Sivaram
Oral Health and Quality of Life: Current Concepts
Government Medical College|Government Medical College|Noorul Islam College of Dental Science|Kerala University of Health Sciences
recognition health related quality life began ever since expanded definition health 1948 resulted paradigm shift health disease medical model biopsychosocial model oral health denotes merely absence disease general well person perform functions like eating talking smiling also contribute creatively society health related quality life tradeoff long well people live explain concept various theoretical models proposed conceptual model wilson cleary 1995 comprehensive one even much research thousands publications definition oral health related quality life still vague patients self perception oral health related life quality significant clinical dental practice dental education research widely shown oral conditions varied impacts daily living assess many measures scales available differ depending response format number items context use population applied patient reported outcome assessment less developed area clinical dentistry research future potential become primary secondary outcome measure clinical interventional research