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Title

Linking oral health with other health domains among edentulous patients

 

Authors

Mayur Mishra1,*, Mandeepsinh Gohil2, Gautam Rai2, Jemin Borda3, Sahil Khokhar4 & Rohan Shambhuwani5

 

Affiliation

1Department of Public Health Dentistry, KM Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Piparia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India; 2Department of Public Health Dentistry, College of Dental Science, Amargadh, Gujarat, India; 3Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Dental Science and Research Centre, Bopal, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; 4Director, Diamond hospital, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India; 5Department of Prosthodontic crown and bridge, College of Dental Science, Amargadh, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

 

Email

Mayur Mishra - E-mail: Mayurnm21@gmail.com
Mandeepsinh Gohil - E-mail: Mandeepsinhgohil7@gmail.com
Gautam Rai - E-mail: raigautam56@gmail.com
Jemin Borda - E-mail: jeminborda@gmail.com
Sahil Khokhar - E-mail: Skhokhar474@gmail.com
Rohan Shambhuwani - E-mail: Rohan.shambhuvani@gmail.com

 

Article Type

Research Article

 

Date

Received June 30, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025

 

Abstract

Nutritional, emotional dimensions and oral health related quality of life among edentulous patient using Oral health impact profile-edentulous (OHIP-EDENT), Mini nutritional Assessment (Nestle 2009) and Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI) is of interest. The response showed there are 44.8% of participants at risk of malnutrition. And 23.6% diagnosed with malnutrition. Beck's depression inventory found out that around 23.6% to 12.4% had symptoms of mild to moderate depression. Gender wise Comparison of Variables done to find out association between them, it showed only OHIEDENT score were found to be significant. Based on the findings of this study, it was concluded that the self-reported quality of life can be influenced by the tooth loss.

 

Keywords

Edentulous, nutrition status, psychological status oral health impact profile-edentulous (OHIP-EDENT), mini nutritional assessment (nestle 2009), beck’s depression inventory (BDI).

 

Citation

Mishra et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1391-1396 (2025)

 

Edited by

P Kangueane

 

ISSN

0973-2063

 

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

 

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.