Relationship between Malocclusion, Bullying, and Quality of Life in Students from Low Social Development Area: A Cross-Sectional Study

Tristão, Sylvia Karla de Paiva Cabral; Ammari, Michelle Mikhael; Tavares, Maisa Costa; Pomarico, Luciana; Pintor, Andréa Vaz Braga; Souza, Ivete Pomarico Ribeiro de

doi:10.1590/pboci.2023.042

Sylvia Karla de Paiva Cabral Tristão

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Formal Analysis

Investigation

Data Curation and Writing - Original Draft.

contributed to critical review of intellectual content and approval of the final version to be published

Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7227-173X

Michelle Mikhael Ammari

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Data Curation and Writing - Review and Editing.

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Department of Specific Formation, Institute of Health, Fluminense Federal University, Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1294-7026

Maisa Costa Tavares

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Data Curation and Writing - Original Draft.

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Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2108-8569

Luciana Pomarico

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Writing - Review and Editing and Supervision.

contributed to critical review of intellectual content and approval of the final version to be published

Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9299-7431

Andréa Vaz Braga Pintor

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Writing - Review and Editing and Supervision

contributed to critical review of intellectual content and approval of the final version to be published

Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3323-7691

Ivete Pomarico Ribeiro de Souza Correspondence: Ivete Pomarico Ribeiro de Souza, Rua Prof. Rodolpho Paulo Rocco, 325, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 21941-971. E-mail: pomarico@gmail.com

Conceptualization

Methodology

Formal Analysis

Investigation

Data Curation

Writing - Original Draft

Writing - Review and Editing

Supervision

Project Administration and Funding Acquisition.

contributed to critical review of intellectual content and approval of the final version to be published

Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0449-6624

Correspondence: Ivete Pomarico Ribeiro de Souza, Rua Prof. Rodolpho Paulo Rocco, 325, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 21941-971. E-mail: pomarico@gmail.com

Academic Editor: Alidianne Fábia Cabral Cavalcanti

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Variables	N	%
Sex
Male	117	48.1
Female	126	51.9
Age groups (years)
10 -11	87	35.8
12 to 14	137	56.4
15 to 17	19	7.8
Race/color
White	91	37.4
Black	18	7.4
Yellow	8	3.3
Brown	116	47.7
Indigenous/ Not reported	10	4.1
Mother’s schooling
Without education	10	4.1
Elementary school uncompleted	45	18.5
Elementary school completed	40	16.5
High school	46	19.0
College	6	2.4
Did not know how to report	96	39.5
Internet access
Yes	181	74.5
No	62	25.5

	Were you shy or embarrassed because of your teeth, mouth?	Were you upset about your teeth, mouth?	Were you concerned about what others think about your teeth, mouth?	Did you avoid smiling or laughing because of your teeth, mouth?	Did colleagues call you by nicknames because of your teeth, mouth?
Never	165	173	144	178	152
Once or twice	12	10	5	7	8
Sometimes	36	42	53	30	31
Often	13	10	19	10	16
Every day or almost every day	17	8	22	18	36
Total	243	243	243	243	243

		CPQ	DAI	Were you shy or embarrassed because of your teeth, lips, jaws or mouth?	Were you upset about your teeth, lips, jaws or mouth?	Were you concerned about what other people think about your teeth, lips, jaws or mouth?	Did you avoid smiling or laughing when you are with other children because of your teeth, lips, jaws or mouth?	Did other children bother you or call you by nicknames because of your teeth, lips, jaws or mouth?
CPQ 10-11 years	CC		0.024	0.495^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.658^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.414^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.481^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.420^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.
	Sig.		0.825	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
	N		87	87	87	87	87	87
DAI 10-11 years	CC	0.024		-0.052	-0.063	-0.045	0.077	0.115
	Sig.	0.825		0.630	0.562	0.682	0.476	0.290
	N	87		87	87	87	87	87
CPQ 12-14 years	CC		0.226^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.627^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.570^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.688^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.598^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.425^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.
	Sig		<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
	N		137	137	137	137	137	137
DAI 12-14 years	CC	0.226^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.		0.298^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.132	0.209	0.225	-0.035
	Sig.	<0.01		<0.01	0.123	0.014	0.008	0.689
	N	137		137	137	137	137	137
CPQ 15-17 years	CC		0.136	0.429	0.575^* * The correlation is significant to the level of 0.05;	0.724^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.	0.043	0.378
	Sig.		0.579	0.067	0.010	<0.01	0.860	0.111
	N		19	19	19	19	19	19
DAI 15-17 years	CC	0.136		0.140	0.074	0.156	-0.022	-0.210
	Sig.	0.579		0.569	0.765	0.524	0.930	0.389
	N	19		19	19	19	19	19

		“Does anyone mock or make fun of you because of your teeth?”
Age Groups (Years)		Yes			No			p-value
		Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median
10-11	CPQ	20.7	11.8	21.0	12.0	6.7	11.0	0.010^* * The correlation is significant to the level of 0.05;
	DAI	33.8	8.9	34.2	35.0	10.4	32.5	0.965
12 to 14	CPQ	24.2	9.2	26.5	11.8	8.2	10.0	<0.01^ The correlation is significant to the level of 0.01.
	DAI	35.2	9.9	33.2	33.7	10.2	32.0	0.523
15 to 17	CPQ	17.0	10.1	19.0	9.0	4.2	8.0	0.160
	DAI	34.0	8.6	38.5	29.3	8.2	29.5	0.340

[1] Correspondence: Ivete Pomarico Ribeiro de Souza, Rua Prof. Rodolpho Paulo Rocco, 325, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 21941-971. E-mail: pomarico@gmail.com

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Relationship between Malocclusion, Bullying, and Quality of Life in Students from Low Social Development Area: A Cross-Sectional Study

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