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Introduction and Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate and determine the quality of life related to oral health in patients with recurrent stomatitis (RAS). Method and Requirements: The sample of this cutting study consists of 85 volunteers diagnosed with RAS. The data was collected through the survey form containing the social-demographic, behavioral, clinical variables and the oral health impact scale (OHIP-14) . In the evaluation of the clinical characteristics of ulcerates, the ulcerate severity score (USS) was used. In the analysis of the data, identifiable statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, Spearman correlation ratio and multiple linear regression analysis were used. The study included 35 women (41.2%), 50 men (58.8%) and an average age of 39.17±14.29 patients. In terms of gender (p=0,001) and civil status (p=0.044) there was a significant difference in the low scale of psychological disorders of OHIP-14. No significant difference has been found in the OHIP-14 total and low scale points in terms of work status, training, smoking and alcohol use. In bilateral analyses, the overall OHIP-14 score found a meaningful relationship between family history, ulcer time, frequency, pain level, total USS score and disease time. In the multi-variable regression analysis, the USS score (ß=0.635; p<0,001), the perception of oral health (ß=0.285; p<0,05) and the civic state (ß=0.232; p<0.05) were found as the most important determiner that describes 25% of the total variation in the quality of life. USS, oral health perception and civic state were found as the most important determiner of the quality of life related to oral health in patients with minor RAS. In routine clinical applications, the use of OHIP-14 will be beneficial in the measurement of oral health perception, socio-demographic properties and USS in the measurement of subjective health.

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