Factors associated with poor oral health-related quality of life among non-institutionalized Brazilian older adults: Oral health and quality of life in older adults.
Carla Fabiana TenaniMaria Helena Ribeiro De ChecchiInara Pereira da CunhaKarine Laura Cortellazzi MendesGustavo Hermes SoaresEdgard Michel-CrosatoLisa JamiesonXiangqun JuFábio Luiz MialhePublished in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2021)
Non-institutionalized older adults with a history of chronic diseases, who smoke, have a negative perception of their general health, and had the last dental appointment motivated by pain present significantly higher prevalence rates of poor OHRQoL.