Title

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

Authors

Pingal Chandrashekhar Shriram^1,*, 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 1, 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.