Table 3 Association between self-rated OHRQoL and OHIP-49-H scores in different phases of care by Spearman’s rank correlation. All p-values for the correlation coefficients were less than 0.001

rho

rho

rho

functional limitations

0.423

0.660

0.447

physical pain

0.301

0.550

0.365

psychological discomfort

0.370

0.579

0.407

physical disability

0.349

0.557

0.402

psychological disability

0.295

0.600

0.468

social disability

0.258

0.539

0.315

handicap

0.280

0.377

0.357

total OHIP-49-H

0.391

0.651

0.477