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Title

Assessing oral health-related quality of life among patients with oral submucous fibrosis

 

Authors

Pingal Chandrashekhar Shriram1,*, Saurabh Kothari2, Himani Marmat3, Subasish Behera4, Dakshayani Vijay Patil5, Soumyaranjan Nanda6 & Miral Mehta7

 

Affiliation

1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dental Science & Hospital, Amargadh, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India; 2Department of Public Health Dentistry, Jaipur Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India; 3Department of Medicine, MGM and M.Y. Superspeciality Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; 4Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital (SCB), Manglabag, Cuttack, Odisha; 5Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Jharkhand, India; 6Endodontics, Private Practitioner, Cuttack, Odisha, India; 7Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

 

Email

Pingal Chandrashekhar Shriram - E-mail: c_pingal@yahoo.com

Saurabh Kothari - E-mail: dr.saurabhkothari@gmail.com

Himani Marmat - E-mail: himani.marmat@gmail.com

Subasish Behera - E-mail: dr.subasish@.gmail.com

Dakshayani Vijay Patil - E-mail: drdakshayanipatil@gmail.com

Soumyaranjan Nanda - E-mail: nandasoumya245@gmail.com
Miral Mehta - E-mail: miral9829@gmail.com

 

Article Type

Research Article

 

Date

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

 

Abstract

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is chronic and can be cancerous, causing difficulties with using the mouth. Therefore, it is of interest evaluate the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in 120 OSMF patients by using the OHIP-14 scale. Restricted mouth opening was associated with worse OHIP-14 scores in patients (p < 0.001). Problems with activity and mental health were the biggest changes measured. The report points out that early detection and treatment help improve the quality of life in OSMF sufferers.

 

Keywords

Oral submucous fibrosis, quality of life, OHIP-14, oral health, mouth opening, OHRQoL, areca nut

 

Citation

Shriram et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1467-1470 (2025)

 

Edited by

Vini Mehta

 

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.