Susan Hyde|William A. Satariano|Jane A. Weintraub
Welfare Dental Intervention Improves Employment and Quality of Life
University of California, San Francisco|University of California, Berkeley|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, Berkeley|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, Berkeley
chronic untreated oral disease adversely affects ones systemic health quality life economic productivity study evaluated effect rehabilitative dental treatment oralhealthrelated quality life employment welfare recipients three hundred seventyseven participants novel welfare dental program received oral examinations questionnaires rehabilitative dental treatment seventynine percent participants exhibited improvement oralhealthrelated qualityoflife scores following dental treatment improved ohip14 change scores associated caucasian africanamerican initial poor general health severity treatment urgency worse baseline oralhealthrelated qualityoflife scores subsequent patient satisfaction dental program resolution chief complaint p lt 004 completed dental treatment twice likely achieve favorableneutral employment outcome 201 95ci 112 362 thus oral health improved quality life employment outcome welfare population