Oral health related quality of life of patients with class III skeletal malocclusion before and after orthognathic surgery

Table 1 Mean and standard deviation of OQLQ domains in the three groups

		Prior to Orthodontic Treatment	Prior to Surgery (during orthodontic treatment)	After Surgery	P-value^a
Social aspects	Mean	20.56	23.58	21.16	0.096
Social aspects	SD	5.22	6.25	8.47	0.096
Dentofacial esthetics	Mean	13.80	17.61	6.44	< 0.001
Dentofacial esthetics	SD	3.21	5.38	2.62	< 0.001
Oral function	Mean	11.80	15.32	5.96	< 0.001
Oral function	SD	2.61	4.64	1.93	< 0.001
Awareness of Dentofacial esthetics	Mean	9.80	13.50	12.40	< 0.001
Awareness of Dentofacial esthetics	SD	2.14	4.13	3.67	< 0.001
OQLQ	Mean	55.96	70.02	45.96	< 0.001
OQLQ	SD	8.18	16.19	10.89	< 0.001

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