A biopsychosocial-cultural model for understanding oral-health-related quality of life among adolescent orthodontic patients

Abstract Background Based on previous theoretical oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) models and most recently framework, as well as sociocultural model of body image dissatisfaction, the current study aimed to investigate the effect of individual (dental aesthetics and dental appearance so...

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Main Authors: Hua Ao, Xiao Deng, Ying She, Xin Wen, Qingrong Wu, Fuguo Chen, Xiao Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-020-01334-y