comparison of oral health-related quality of life in treated and untreated class ii adolescent patients

Aim: this study aimed to investigate the effect of growth modification treatments on oral health-related quality of life in adolescents aged 11 to 14 years with class ii malocclusion. methods: eighty people participated in this case-control study. the case group (n=43) included adolescents with a history of class ii malocclusion treated with growth modification. the control group consisted of 37 adolescents with class ii malocclusion who were not treated. both groups were given a translation of the child perception questionnaire (cpq), measuring the quality of life in four domains: oral symptoms, functional limitations, psychological health, and social well-being. data were statistically analyzed by spss software and a significance level of 0.05 was considered. results: the oral health-related quality of life of the case group was better than the control group in all areas although this difference was not statistically significant (p=0.204). conclusion: the oral health-related quality of life between two groups was not different; however, the difference in mental health components between the two groups was clinically negligible.