Table 2.

Distributions of responses to OHIP scale items (%)

How often in the past year have you had the following problems?	Never	Hardly ever	Occasionally	Fairly often	Very often
Functional limitation
trouble pronouncing any words	83.8	8.4	5.7	1.4	0.7
sense of taste has worsened	81.6	8.6	6.9	1.7	1.1
Physical pain
painful aching in your mouth	49.3	25.4	21.2	2.6	1.4
uncomfortable to eat any foods	43.5	23.9	24.9	3.6	4.1
Psychological discomfort
felt self conscious	51.4	16.6	17.1	7.7	7.1
felt tense	61.9	16.6	13.8	4.6	3.1
Physical disability
diet been unsatisfactory	81.3	11.7	4.3	1.9	0.8
had to interrupt meals	74.6	15.3	7.7	1.7	0.7
Psychological disability
found it difficult to relax	71.9	16.2	8.5	2.1	1.2
been a bit embarrassed	64.1	13.2	15.3	3.4	4.0
Social disability
been a bit irritable with other people	78.5	11.7	7.6	1.1	1.1
had difficulty doing your usual jobs	86.5	9.2	3.6	0.5	0.2
Handicap
life in general was less satisfying	75.6	11.5	9.2	1.8	2.0
been totally unable to function	90.5	6.7	2.2	0.4	0.3