• Bikash Chaudhary, Sujaya Gupta, Sangya Mukhiya, Dikshya Silwal, Shristi Shakya, and Yasuma Tiwari.
• Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Sinamangal, Kathmandu Nepal.
• JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2024 Mar 31; 62 (272): 247251247-251.

IntroductionImpacted third molars often cause pain, infections, swelling, and functional limitations. This study is an attempt to assess impacted third molars-related symptoms affecting quality of life using standardised Nepali version of oral health impact profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire.MethodsThis descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital from October 2021 to February 2022 after institutional ethical approval. Patients with impacted third molars were included by convenience sampling technique. Patients with psychiatric illness, taking psychotropic drugs, pregnant, and lactating females were excluded. third molars-related symptoms were recorded in OHIP-14 questionnaire. Data entered in Microsoft Excel sheet were analysed. The findings have been presented as frequency, percent, mean, and standard deviation. The point estimate was calculated at a 95% Confidence Interval.ResultsMean OHIP-14 score of participants was 21.77±11.59. Due to TM, "pain in the mouth" had score of (2.33±1.24) and followed by "uncomfortable experience on eating food" (2.12±2.15). Among seven OHIP-14 dimensions, "physical pain" with two items OHIP3 and OHIP4 had score of 4.53±2.19 implying most participants had "quite a lot" of physical pain due to TM: OHIP3 = 194 (50.2%) and OHIP4 = 183 (47.3%).ConclusionsImpacted third molars-related symptoms were affecting quality of life of participants.

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