Impact of oral health on physical and psychosocial dimensions: an analysis using structural equation modeling

• Main Authors: Marise Fagundes Silveira (Author), João P. Marôco (Author), Rafael Silveira Freire (Author), Andréa Maria Eleutério de Barros Lima Martins (Author), Luiz Francisco Marcopito (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of impact of oral health conditions on physical and psychosocial dimensions among adolescents and to identify factors associated with severity of impact. The impact of oral health status was assessed by the instrument Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14)....