ABSTRACT
Malocclusion has a negative impact on oral health related quality of life. Orthodontists in routine have focused on the clinical-centred measures of outcome for orthodontic treatment, but now, attention to patient-based assessment has greatly increased in dental research. The purpose of study was to determine oral health-related quality of life in adults with mal-occlusion and its relationship with perceived oral health status and satisfaction. This crossectional study was conducted at orthodontics department, de'Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore from January 2015 to May 2015. The sample comprised of 100 adults [34 males and 66 females] with age range of 18 - 25 years and willing to participate in the study. The oral examination was done by three examiners to assess severity of malocclusion according to Dental Aesthetic Index [DAI]. Information regarding oral health-related quality of life was collected by using a self-administered questionnaire. The results of study showed that males have highest Oral Health Impact Profile related to psychological problems followed by social and physical impacts whereas in females the highest impact profile was observed on social impacts followed by physical and psychological impacts. Body Satisfactory Scale was almost double in females as compared to males. Mean values from grade 1 to IV DAI for females were non- significantly increased as compared to males. It was concluded that most common Oral Health Impact Profile of malocclusion was psychological and social followed by physical discomfort in males whereas females show highest impact profile on social followed by physical and psychological impacts