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February 6, 2026OralOpen Access

Oral Impacts on Quality of Life and Dental Attendance in 12- and 15-Year-Old Children in the UK

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PKPrabhleen KaurAMAlex Milosevic

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The study assesses links between oral health-related quality of life and dental attendance in children, suggesting socio-economic factors impact these relationships.

Key Points

  • This research aims to investigate the connections between oral health-related quality of life and dental attendance in children aged 12 and 15 in the UK.
  • Utilized secondary data from the UK Child Dental Health Survey (CDHS, 2013)
  • Measured OHRQoL using the Child-OIDP scale
  • Assessed dental attendance through survey questions on frequency of dentist visits
  • Applied logistic regression to analyze the relationship between OHRQoL and dental attendance
  • 20.5% of children with reported OHRQoL impacts attended the dentist only when in trouble or never, compared to 13.6% of those with no impacts.
  • 28% of children from deprived areas had problem-oriented dental attendance versus 8.6% from affluent areas.
  • Children reporting at least one impact on QoL had 1.64 times greater odds of poor dental attendance.
  • Increased negative impacts on QoL correlated with higher odds of poor dental attendance.

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Kaur et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698586388f7c464f2300a321https://doi.org/10.3390/oral6010018
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