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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Review Open Access Assessment of oral health related quality of life P Finbarr Allen* Address: Department of Restorative Dentistry, University Dental School & Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland Email: P Finbarr Allen* - * Corresponding author Published: 08 September 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, 1:40 This article is available from: Received: 14 July 2003 Accepted: 08 September 2003 © 2003 Allen; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL. Abstract In. | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Review Assessment of oral health related quality of life P Finbarr Allen Address Department of Restorative Dentistry University Dental School Hospital Wilton Cork Ireland Email P Finbarr Allen - Corresponding author Open Access Published 08 September 2003 Received 14 July 2003 Accepted 08 September 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003 1 40 This article is available from http content 1 1 40 2003 Allen licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract In Dentistry as in other branches of Medicine it has been recognised that objective measures of disease provide little insight into the impact of oral disorders on daily living and quality of life. A significant body of development work has been undertaken to provide health status measures for use as outcome measures in dentistry. In descriptive population studies poor oral health related quality of life is associated with tooth loss. There is a less extensive literature of longitudinal clinical trials and measurement of change and interpretation of change scores continues to pose a challenge. This paper reviews the literature regarding the development and use of these oral health related QoL measures and includes an appraisal of future research needs in this area. Introduction In an effort to focus on the assessment of health and quality of life issues the term health-related quality of life is now widely used. Regarding the relationship of health and disease to quality of life there appears to be an association between these domains which is not clearly defined. Locker suggested that health problems may affect quality of life but such a consequence is not inevitable 1 . The implication of this is that people with chronic disabling disorders often .

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