Associations of Social Psychological Factors and OHRQoL in Periodontitis Patients: A Structural Equation Modeling Study.

Background And Purpose: Periodontitis is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults worldwide. The functional loss, nutritional deficiencies, and psychological barriers it causes, as well as its impact on overall health and quality of life, are all significant. The prevalence of periodontal disease is high in China.

Systemic immune-inflammation and prognostic immune nutritional index in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients.

To investigate the systemic immune-inflammation index and prognostic immune nutritional index in the prognostic evaluation of oral squamous cell carcinoma. We analyzed retrospectively the relationship between systemic immune-inflammation index, prognostic immune nutritional index and clinicopathological variables and the overall survival of 262 patients who underwent radical surgery. Multivariate analysis showed high systemic immune-inflammation index (Hazard ratio = 3.

Associations of Attitudes and Practice Toward Oral Health, Socioeconomic Status, Self-Rated Oral Health, Subjective Oral Symptoms, and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life Among Residents in Eastern China: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.

Background And Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among attitudes and practice about oral health, socioeconomic status, subjective oral symptoms, self-rated oral health, and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in a group of people from eastern China.

Methods: Between January 2021 to February 2022, 2502 (87.4%) of the 2863 participants completed an online questionnaire.