Table 7.

Percentage distribution of main causes of impact in working sample (n = 561)

DIMENSION CAUSE	Eating	Speaking	Cleaning	Working	Social	Sleeping & Relaxing	Smiling	Emotional state	Value
Oral ulcers.	3 (2.3%)	4 (21.1%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (6.3%)	1 (1.4%)	2 (2.5%)	1 (2.0%)	3 (5.6%)	16
Dental pain	37 (28.0%)	1 (5.3%)	6 (7.6%)	5 (31.3%)	2 (2.9%)	16 (19.8%)		13 (24.1%)	80
Third-molar pain	8 (6.1%)	1 (5.3%)	3 (3.8%)	2 (12.5%)	3 (4.3%)	4 (5.0%)		4 (7.4%)	25
Prosthesis	10 (7.5%)	3 (15.8%)			2 (2.8%)	2 (2.5%)	3 (5.9%)	2 (3.7%)	22
TMJ pain- dysfunction	6 (4.5%)			1 (6.3%)	1 (1.4%)	41 (50.6%)		6 (11.1%)	65
Missing teeth	9 (6.8%)	5 (26.3%)			6 (8.6%)		17 (33.3%)		37
Dental appearance					9 (12.8)	2 (2.5%)	16 (31.4%)	3 (5.6%)	30
Bad Breath				3 (18.8%)	38 (54.3%)			8 (14.8%)	49
Dental sensitivity	23 (17.4%)		18 (22.8%)					2 (3.7%)	43
Food Packing	18 (13.6%)		9 (11.4%)		3 (4.3%)				30
Gingival bleeding			26 (32.9%)						26
Other causes	18 (13.6%)	5 (26.3%)	16 (20.3%)	4 (24.8%)	5 (7.1)	14 (17.1%)	14 (27.4%)	13 (24.1%)	89
TOTAL n (% of sample))	132 (23.5%)	19 (3.4%)	79 (14.1%)	16 (2.9%)	70 (12.5%)	81 (14.4%)	51 (9,1%)	54 (9.6%)