Impact of Malocclusion on the Quality of Life of Brazilian Adolescents: A Population-Based Study.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of malocclusion on the quality of life (QOL) of adolescents in Brazil. We carried out a cross-sectional study in a sample population of 1015 schoolchildren aged 12 to 15 years from São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. The explanatory variable was maloccl...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luciana Freitas Gomes E Silva, Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz, Heloiza Viana Freitas, Alex Luiz Pozzobon Pereira, Cecília Cláudia Costa Ribeiro, Cláudia Maria Coelho Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5045190?pdf=render