A Science Metric Study of Iranian Published Articles about Oral Health-related Quality of Life

Background and aim: a new perspective on health suggested that the ultimate goal of dental care, namely good oralhygiene, should no longer merely is seen as the absence of caries or periodontal disease; a patient's mental and socialwell-being should be considered as well. the concept of oral health-related quality of life (ohrqol) captures the aimof this new perspective. the present article aimed to describe the published studies carried out to date in iran onohrqol.methods: after adequate searching, 28 articles were reviewed published up to beginning 2013.results: among the reviewed articles, there were 9 studies in which the ohrqol questionnaires have been validatedin farsi, 15 studies in which the ohrqol has been evaluated in a specific group of patients and 4 were interventionalstudies.conclusion: further precise studies are necessary in this regard in iran especially in the field of intervention