Wegener, M.E. and Speksnijder, C.M. and Haan, A.C. de and Huddleston Slater J.J.W. and Cune M.S. (2011) The correlation between masticatory performance and satisfaction with oral health: a pilot study. thesis, Dentistry.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between masticatory function, subjects' perception of oral health and subjects' perception of chewing ability. The studied population comprised twenty subjects randomly selected from the patient files of the University of Groningen Dental School. They were asked to chew a two-colored wax tablet and the mixing index was determined. Subjects' perception of oral health was measured by means of the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14NL). In addition, subjects' perception of chewing ability was rated using a continuous scale ranging from 1 (very poor) to 10 (outstanding). Spearmans' correlation coefficient was used to test the relationship between the mixing index, subjective assessment of chewing ability and scores of the OHIP-14NL. Moderate, significant correlations were found between the mean Mixing Index score and the assessment of the chewing ability (Spearman's Rho=-0.5, P=0.03), between the assessment of the chewing ability and the OHIP-NL14 (Spearman's Rho=-0.5, P=0.02) and between the Mixing Index and the OHIP-NL14 (Spearman's Rho=0.5, P=0.02).
| Item Type: | Thesis (Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Huddleston Slater, J.J.W. and Cune, M.S |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2020 10:52 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 10:52 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1300 |
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