[Table/Fig-4]:

Various definitions of OHRQoL.

Gift HC and Atchison KA [32]

“Self-report specifically pertaining to oral health capturing both the functional, social and psychological impacts of oral disease”

Locker D et al., [28]

“The extent to which oral disorders affect functioning and psychosocial well being.”

NIDCR US Surgeon Generals Report [29]

“OHRQoL is a multidimensional construct that reflects (among other things) people’s comfort when eating, sleeping, and engaging in social interaction; their self esteem; and their satisfaction with respect to their oral health.”

Locker D et al., [30]

“Symptoms and functional and psychosocial impacts that emanate from oral diseases and disorders”

Inglehart MR [31]

“An individual’s assessment of how the following affect his or her well being: functional factors, psychological factors, social factors and experience of pain/discomfort in relation to orofacial concerns”