Oral Health and Dental Management

Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil

Publications

• Research Article   
  Quality of Life of Patients with Dentofacial Deformities Undergoing Orthognathic Surgery
  Author(s): Kassio Vieira Macedo*, Maria Candida de Almeida Lopes, Raimundo Rosendo Prado Junior and Francisco Antonio de Jesus Costa Silva
  
  Orthognathic surgery has seen increasing demand. Facial deformities and skeletal problems cause disturbances to physiological functions and lead many patients to seek such treatment, which causes important changes in the quality of life. This longitudinal observational study measured the size of the effect, and compared the quality of life before and after orthognathic surgery with the following factors: sex, age, income, schooling, main complaint, type of deformity, type of surgery and degree of satisfaction with the postoperative facial aspect. An identification and socio-demographic form and the Brazilian Orthognathic Quality of Life Questionnaire were applied to 17 patients seen in a private dental office, one week before and six weeks after surgery. The sample was calculated by the prevalence of impact. Descriptive analysis was performed using the Graphpad Prism software (Graphpa.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2247-2452.22.21.1011

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