Effects of Oral Health on Wellbeing and Quality of Life: Second Edition
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Nursing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2024) | Viewed by 3892
Special Issue Editor
Interests: oral pathology; oral health; quality of life; oral infectious diseases; oral lesions and HIV/AIDS
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Dear colleagues,
In recent decades, it has become clear that well-being does not depend solely on the absence of symptomatic diseases and their biological factors but that various corporal systems are directly or indirectly involved. The sum of all these factors directly impacts the quality of life. Such is the case of oral health. To have or not good oral health is essential for correct nutrition, fundamental to guarantee the intake of medications, and therefore influences therapeutic success. On the other hand, oral diseases, especially inflammatory diseases, e.g., periodontal disease, have been implicated in the aggravation or persistence of systemic diseases. Moreover, oral health and psychosocial determinants have bidirectional relationships with systemic repercussions. Thus, oral health directly influences well-being and quality of life. This special issue needs to address the effects of oral health on well-being and quality of life, with a particular focus on subjects in conditions of vulnerability, both social and health.
We are pleased to invite you to provide researchers and review articles that describe the current state of the art on how oral health impact the quality of life of patients affected by congenital, chronic, or degenerative diseases or in populations in a situation of social vulnerability, e.g., poverty, isolation, or related to psychosocial determinants.
(2) This special issue aims to be a platform for discussion through articles and reviews of how oral health impacts well-being and quality of life in different scenarios that will eventually help design healthcare strategies to improve wellness.
(3) Suggested themes and article types for submissions
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Oral health related to quality of life;
- Oral infectious diseases;
- Oral cancer;
- Oral health in caregiver;
- Poverty;
- Clift lip and palate;
- Oral health in pregnancy;
- Facial congenital defects;
- Well-being;
- Emotional stress;
- Psychosocial determinants;
- Aging.
Prof. Dr. Luis Alberto Gaitán-Cepeda
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- wellbeing
- quality of life
- quality of life related to oral health
- HIV/AIDS
- children
- elderly
- degenerative diseases
- oral lesions
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