Clinical Psychological Correlates of Malocclusion: Body Image Concerns and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life.

Adolescents with different malocclusion types showed varying levels of body image concerns and oral health-related quality of life, with greater body image concerns linked to poorer quality of life; females reported higher body image concerns than males.

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