Title

Linking oral health with other health domains among edentulous patients

Authors

Mayur Mishra^1,*, 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 1, 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.