Regular Dental Visits: Influence on Health-Related Quality of Life in 1,607 Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Background. The incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is in the top 10 of all cancer entities. Regular oral examinations by dentists play an important role in oral cancer prevention. Methods. Patients with OSCC (n=1,607) and physicians (n=1,489) completed questionnaires during the DÖSAK R...
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| author | Simon Spalthoff Henrik Holtmann Gertrud Krüskemper Rüdiger Zimmerer Jörg Handschel Nils-Claudius Gellrich Philipp Jehn |
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| description | Background. The incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is in the top 10 of all cancer entities. Regular oral examinations by dentists play an important role in oral cancer prevention. Methods. Patients with OSCC (n=1,607) and physicians (n=1,489) completed questionnaires during the DÖSAK Rehab Study. The psychosocial and functional factors collected in these questionnaires were assessed in the present study. We compared patients who visited their dentist at least once a year (group A) with those who visited their dentist less than once a year (group B). Results. Patients in group A had significantly better health-related quality of life after tumor treatment than patients in group B. Patients in group A also had a smaller tumor size and less lymph node metastasis and lost fewer teeth during the treatment. This resulted in better prosthetic rehabilitation and better psychological status after tumor treatment. Conclusions. Dentists play an important role in the early recognition of oral cancer. This study should encourage dentists to take a more active role in oral cancer prevention. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-149a3c777fb74ee0a895d8f614ef617e2025-08-20T03:54:29ZengWileyInternational Journal of Dentistry1687-87281687-87362017-01-01201710.1155/2017/96383459638345Regular Dental Visits: Influence on Health-Related Quality of Life in 1,607 Patients with Oral Squamous Cell CarcinomaSimon Spalthoff0Henrik Holtmann1Gertrud Krüskemper2Rüdiger Zimmerer3Jörg Handschel4Nils-Claudius Gellrich5Philipp Jehn6Department of Cranio and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, GermanyDepartment of Cranio and Maxillofacial Surgery, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Medical Psychology, Ruhr University of Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, Building MA 0/145, 44780 Bochum, GermanyDepartment of Cranio and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, GermanyDepartment of Cranio and Maxillofacial Surgery, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Cranio and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, GermanyDepartment of Cranio and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, GermanyBackground. The incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is in the top 10 of all cancer entities. Regular oral examinations by dentists play an important role in oral cancer prevention. Methods. Patients with OSCC (n=1,607) and physicians (n=1,489) completed questionnaires during the DÖSAK Rehab Study. The psychosocial and functional factors collected in these questionnaires were assessed in the present study. We compared patients who visited their dentist at least once a year (group A) with those who visited their dentist less than once a year (group B). Results. Patients in group A had significantly better health-related quality of life after tumor treatment than patients in group B. Patients in group A also had a smaller tumor size and less lymph node metastasis and lost fewer teeth during the treatment. This resulted in better prosthetic rehabilitation and better psychological status after tumor treatment. Conclusions. Dentists play an important role in the early recognition of oral cancer. This study should encourage dentists to take a more active role in oral cancer prevention.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9638345 |
| spellingShingle | Simon Spalthoff Henrik Holtmann Gertrud Krüskemper Rüdiger Zimmerer Jörg Handschel Nils-Claudius Gellrich Philipp Jehn Regular Dental Visits: Influence on Health-Related Quality of Life in 1,607 Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma International Journal of Dentistry |
| title | Regular Dental Visits: Influence on Health-Related Quality of Life in 1,607 Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
| title_full | Regular Dental Visits: Influence on Health-Related Quality of Life in 1,607 Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
| title_fullStr | Regular Dental Visits: Influence on Health-Related Quality of Life in 1,607 Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regular Dental Visits: Influence on Health-Related Quality of Life in 1,607 Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
| title_short | Regular Dental Visits: Influence on Health-Related Quality of Life in 1,607 Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
| title_sort | regular dental visits influence on health related quality of life in 1 607 patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9638345 |
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