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%) |