Self-esteem and Psycho Social Impact of Dental Aesthetics among Children-Clinical Survey

Self-esteem which is considered as one of the most important need to be satisfied by every individual during different stages of development. It is one of the major psychological concepts among children, especially during their transitional period. The self-esteem is related to the appearance, so the importance of dental aesthetics and related problems is a major element of self-esteem among children.

The aim of the study was to assess the level of self-esteem among the participants and to assess the Psycho-social Impact of Dental Aesthetics on self esteem among the participant children, based on Clinical Survey.

A total of 100 subjects aged 11–18 years were selected for study based on lottery method of Simple random sampling. The study was a clinical survey by Questionnaires pertaining to socio demographic profile of age, gender, educational status, type of family, order of birth and nativity. The data collection was done in an interview schedule by answering the Questionnaires. The two standardised tools were used in the study, the Self-esteem scale developed by Rosenberg and the psychological Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire (PIDAQ) developed by Klages et al.

Statistical tools used for the study ANOVA and independent sample T-test (T-test). Self-esteem and overall PIDAQ scale was compared with different variables of socio demographic profile.

The result shows that there is no significant difference between any of the variables of both self-esteem and overall PIDAQ score.

The result led to a conclusion that both psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics and self esteem has a common feature as both has difference in level of measurement among children by analysing its level through different socio demographic variables.