{"id":132,"date":"2017-03-22T16:37:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T19:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/?p=132"},"modified":"2023-03-29T12:23:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:23:47","slug":"study-shows-that-malocclusion-has-a-negative-impact-on-adolescents-quality-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/2017\/03\/22\/study-shows-that-malocclusion-has-a-negative-impact-on-adolescents-quality-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Study shows that malocclusion has a negative impact on adolescents\u2019 quality of life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lucas Guimar\u00e3es Abreu, Doctoral student, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry Department, Dentistry School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A group of researchers of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) concluded, in a study that was published with the following title \u201cPerception of parents and caregivers regarding the impact of malocclusion on adolescents\u2019 quality of life: a cross-sectional study\u201d, on vol. 21, n. 6 of Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics, that malocclusion may exert a negative effect on adolescents\u2019 quality of life. The research included parents or caregivers who accompanied their adolescent sons\/daughters to dentist appointments at UFMG School of Dentistry. When caring for adolescents, dentists frequently take parents and caregivers\u2019 opinions into consideration, for they may be aware of important aspects of their children, apart from the fact that they are considered to be the main decision makers whenever a diagnostic procedure or a dental treatment is about to be performed in a minor.<\/p>\n

The study makes it clear that, after answering a questionnaire on their children\u2019s dental health, parents and caregivers affirm that malocclusion (improper alignment of the teeth) has an adverse effect on young individuals\u2019 well-being, impacting upon their emotional state and their social interaction with colleagues at the same age. The presence of teeth with an unfavorable appearance may turn an adolescent into a stigmatized and insecure person, as other adolescents may harass them due to the dental problem in question.<\/p>\n

The conclusions of this research may be useful to all adolescents\u2019 parents or caregivers on the importance of dental follow-up to their sons\/daughters. Once malocclusion is detected, it must be treated with appropriate appliances (orthodontic treatment). Not treating and persistence of improper alignment of the teeth may have devastating consequences to the youngster\u2019s self-steam. All this information may also be important to health services organizers who should include the orthodontic treatment as one of the protocols offered in their services.<\/p>\n

To read the article, acess it:<\/h3>\n

ABREU, L.G., et al<\/em>. Perception of parents and caregivers regarding the impact of malocclusion on adolescents\u2019 quality of life: a cross-sectional study. Dental Press J. Orthod. <\/em>[online] 2016, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 74-81,\u00a0ISSN: 2177-6709 [viewed 14\u00a0February 2017]. DOI: 10.1590\/2177-6709.21.6.074-081.oar<\/a>. Available from:\u00a0http:\/\/ref.scielo.org\/wyj9fs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

External Link<\/h3>\n

Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics – DPJO: <http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/dpjo<\/a>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A study carried out at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) has shown that malocclusion (badly positioned teeth) may affect adolescents\u2019 quality of life in a negative way. According to what was reported by parents and caregivers, youngsters with more serious alterations show more impaired aspects of emotional and social well-being than individuals without alterations or with minor ones. …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[40,8,12],"tags":[41,202],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dpjo","category-health-sciences","category-press-releases","tag-dental-press-journal-of-orthodontics","tag-dentistry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}